28 Dec
2003
28 Dec
'03
12:28 p.m.
Looks like the machine has no FP option, and 8K of
core memory. I haven't
decided what OS I want to run on this thing yet, maybe RT11, or RSTS, but I
was really hoping to run 2.9BSD or Unix 7 or some flavor of unix. That's not
gonna happen with 8K of core. I have some RL02's I could put on it. Anyone
want to trade the bits to make it use semiconductor memory in exchange for
the core backplane and core boards? Is FP required for anything I've
I don't think you need the floating point processor for unix. It's
useful, though.
mentioned? I'll get it up and running on 8K to
test & refurb, but definitely
want to go the semiconductor memory route so I can run one of the above
O/S's. Hey, can this thing use any of the memory boards I have in my 11/44?
Unlikely. The 11/44 uses special memory boards (after all it has 22 bit
addressing). You can use normal MUD memory boards in an 11/45 with the
right backplane, though. But not in the memory slots of the CPU backplane.
MUD memory boards are not difficult to find (or at least they weren't
when I was putting my 11/45 together) -- 11/34s seem to be stuffed with
them...
-tony