27 Mar
2017
27 Mar
'17
7:03 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hm, interesting point of view... The 11/20 is the
simplest 11 as far as I
know. No microcode that can go bad.
Yep. Simple and spread across multiple cards.
The core memory systems are quite reliable. And if
there's a problem,
they're not that difficult to fix.
I liken them to OMNIBUS core in terms of repair complexity. You _can_
fix them, but the analog nature of the devices put some people off.
There are things to learn for certain.
A pdp11/34, /44 or any QBUS machine can ever be as
cool as a 11/20, 11/40,
11/45/, /70 and so on.
Agreed, though at least the 11/34 can have a programmer's panel. Not
as cool as individual lights...
-ethan