17 May
2021
17 May
'21
10:51 p.m.
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 8:53 PM Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
There are two comms option cards: the DECNA Ethernet,
and the 3CA quad UART (a very obscure device).
Yeah... I have neither of those, but at least I've seen a picture of a DECNA.
The other limitation is the software. DEC only
supplied P/OS, RT-11, and Ultrix (or was that some other Unix?
Not DEC, but there was VENIX from VenturCom. I have VENIX 1.0 on a
Pro350, and there was VENIX 2.0 for the Pro380. No idea about DECNA
support in 2.0, but I have the (paper) manuals for 1.0 and there's no
mention of it. I think a TCP stack might crush an F-11. You could
run TCP/IP on a 2.11BSD system, but that required a Split I&D
processor and that means a J-11 (or a larger Unibus box, in practice).
-ethan