9 Jan
1999
9 Jan
'99
6:13 p.m.
Graphics we
know were not going to happen on PDP11 or most other
16bit cpus as they don't address enough space. OSs were driven by
the environment and it's tasks plus space needs.
Allison
Jerome Fine replies:
While I realize that it would not have been possible to make
their graphics part of the standard OS for a PDP-11, I
was led to believe that the PR0 350/380 had access to
their bit mapped screen displays. While doing such
manipulations was likely discouraged, is that a true
statement of the situation and in a few lines, how was
it done? I may have a working PRO 350/380 and
it would be interesting.