12 Mar
2009
12 Mar
'09
7:02 a.m.
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:06:45 -0400
From: ethan.dicks at gmail.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: PDP-11 configurations (was Re: PDP 11/44)
... snip ...
I have -8s with papertape only, and a few newer units with 8" floppy,
5.25" floppy and a couple flavors of hard disk. Any machine with
enough memory (and storage) to run OS/8 is interesting by itself, but
even 8K-12K and papertape BASIC is accessible to most folks with 1980s
computer experience. (FOCAL runs in 4K, but that's an entirely odd
environment for BASIC wonks, IMO).
...
-ethan
So, that makes my Motorola 6809 "blinkenlight" board also interesting!
I can run (unpatched) OS/8 on my 6809-based pdp8/e simulator. Fire up
BASIC and load SPACWR. You must have patience as for every move you
have to wait 15 minutes ... but in the mean time it is fun to look at
the "blinkenlights" :-)
The simulation of RX01 using real 3.5" floppy drives still needs to be
tested and debugged!
- Henk.