15 Jun
2005
15 Jun
'05
8:07 a.m.
Hi,
I am just getting a PDP11/23plus. The CPU is already at home and I have
powered the machine up. Makes noise, turns fans, etc. If I start the
machine (running indicator lit) it gives me a dollar sign ('$') prompt
which seems to accept two character until it starts a new line.
Here a few (perhaps totally stupid - but I've never used such a toy
before) questions:
What's that?
What can I do from there?
Is it normal?
My machine lacks harddisk and floppy (at the moment, they have not
arrived yet). The monitor program (@-Prompt) seems to work correctly.
Regards,
Philipp :-)