18 May
2017
18 May
'17
10:53 a.m.
On 5/18/2017 9:51 AM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
So a 11/03 aka a lsi11 would be to slow for such
things? Such as those
Heathkit h11 lsi11 macheans? Witch was a hobyist pdp11 for those that are
unfamiliar with the hearhkits
My take and extension on Chuck's and Allison's question is that you can
take a USB R232 dongle, and a 56k modem (if your pots line still
supports it, 33k if not (hopefully), and run a BBS on a Raspberry Pi if
nothing else for nothing in power and infrastructure cost.
An 11 is novel, but hard to see why running it on simh wouldn't be a
better deal if you want something on the pdp11 architecture.
Keeping any PDP11 up 24 / 7 so it is a useful BBS isn't an undertaking
for the faint hearted, nor is it something easy on the pocketbook in the
way of power. (not to mention space possibly).
Unless you are a couple of well known museums and others very few do the
real hardware.
thanks
Jim
On May 18, 2017 11:45 AM, "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 05/18/2017 08:16 AM, allison via cctalk
wrote:
The real question is why BBS? What is it trying
to fix or enable?
You put the words into my mouth. Thank you.
--Chuck