14 Apr
2013
14 Apr
'13
12:38 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <cctalk-request at classiccmp.org> wrote:
(much snipped)
You'd think by now I'd know better than to start a thread like this
while on digest mode. First, thank you to everyone who replied. I got
at least something out of every post so far and that's no small thing.
I must have misread something along the way as I thought the /23 had
separate I/D spaces. Good thing to have that correct now. I'd not mind
getting one to run it for it's own sake but to get it thinking it
could do something it couldn't would be much more annoying.
Thank you to the pointers to additional docs - the field guide as
especially nice to find as I'm still learning my way around the DEC
module names. The chassis information was quite helpful as well.
As for why, well...
I graduated HS in 1982 & took a short detour into the Army so I missed
a lot of the "glory days" of some of the things on this list. I
started with micros and as a student the closest I got allowed to the
Vax was a login prompt. The first (non DOS,OS/2,Windows) software
environment I really got to know well was Unix and then learning of
Lisp & LispM's. These days emulators are fun, capable and perfect for
most home users - I certainly would not have the room or power budget
for a CADR or PDP-10 or 11/780 in the basement! I respect those who
can but, alas, I'm not able to do that in my current rental
But I do have the room and enough of a toy budget to slowly put
together a classic PDP-11 system of the later /73, /83 or /93 type &
run the kind of software I'm familiar with on it. Might even try to
see if I can back port Franz lisp and to it from the 4.2 distribution
just to give myself a reason for it.
Ultimately I'd like to have a small collection of real classic
hardware - a Symbolics XL1200, a Vax (or Vaxstation) 4000 & a PDP-11.
I'll work on that last one for now and deal with emulation for the
rest :)
Thanks again to everyone,
William
--
Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance
like no-one is watching.
Alex White