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I, too, like my vintage systems as much as the next guy, but lately I've been finding myself using the HyperTerminal app on my modern Win2K PC as the console when I'm doing things on my 1973 PDP-11/40. I can toggle over to the web browser while I'm copying RK05 disk packs, cut and paste the output of the PDP-11/40 RT11 DIR command into an email on Outlook, and use simh to test and run the RL01 disk image that I just sent from the 11/40 to my PC via the 11/40 console's serial port. I can use the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to read a PDF version of an ancient PDP-11 manual that I downloaded from Al's Bitsavers while I have my 11/40's console sitting there in a Window on the same computer, while I listen to my MP3 files on the same computer, while I have Remote Admin running in another window so I can watch my web server, which is 40 miles away! When I have visitors and I want them to have the authentic 1970s computing experience, I unplug my PC from the 11/40 console cable and connect my VT52 DecScope as the console, to go along with the other vintage terminals connected via the DZ11 multiplexer. So..... my point of view is that I like to use my modern stuff right alongside my old stuff. Ashley