8 Apr
2001
8 Apr
'01
9:42 a.m.
Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
I'm actually going to get my first PDP11 this
summer, and I'll be in a
situation similar to yours. There are many things that I need to learn,
much money to be spent (preparing its home, moving it, the electrician),
and much time to be used before I will be able to really get down and
dirty with the machine, but I am still unbelievably excited about it
all.
Jerome Fine replies:
I still can remember when I bought my first PDP-11. It was a VT103
box with a DSD 880/8 for the hard disk drive and floppy. I had already
used RT-11 for over a decade at that point, but could never cost justify
my own system.
My sincerest thanks go to the list member who has made
this possible for
me. You know who you are.
Have you decided which OS(s) you are going to run. If you need help with
RT-11, perhaps I can find some manuals for you. But they are very heavy.
Even if free, the shipping will cost a fair bit.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine