22 Mar
2005
22 Mar
'05
5:32 p.m.
I'd like to include a PDP in my collection, but
not sure what
to go for? My requirements would be
1) It has to be a 70's design
2) It needs to be reasonably compact
3) I'd like to run something 'unix like'
with a c compiler as an option.
4) My budget is not huge <$1000
Any recommendations?
I'd vote for the 11/23, mostly because it was the last of the 70's
(1979), they were produced in large numbers and are compact. Most were
built with the (then) brand-new RL02 drives. The design continued for
many years and lots of DEC and non-DEC boards are available for neat
things like MFM drives large ammounts of memory.
I have one I got for free, exactly as pictured here with VT101 and LA36
DecWriter-II printing terminal...
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1979-2.htm
The link says Microsoft, but it's Gordon Bells page.