70's computers

ben bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Tue Oct 23 16:31:44 CDT 2018


On 10/23/2018 3:12 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
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>> On Oct 23, 2018, at 5:07 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> The PDP 11 is nice machine, but I am looking  for simpler designs
>> where 16K words is a valid memory size for a OS and small single user software.
> 
> 16k words (or even 8k words) is a fine memory size for a single user OS on PDP11.  RT-11 runs fine in that, at least the older versions.  I used to run RT-11 on an 8kW machine with an RC11 system disk.   DOS-11 also fits in that, if you're masochistic enough to want to try that OS.
> 
> 	paul
> 

I have a DE-0 to run a PDP-11 from PDP2011 but I have hardware problems 
here with the monitor and keyboard I have.
http://pdp2011.sytse.net/wordpress/

It is on the to-do list after I get a blinking lights computer running.

Ben.


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