2 Jul
2009
2 Jul
'09
1:26 a.m.
Michael Kerpan <mjkerpan at kerpan.com> wrote:
I'd be interested to know what's out there vis
a vis classic systems
that are on the Internet offering public access. Currently, I know of
twenex.org (emulated KL-10B DECSYSTEM-20 with Panda TOPS-20),
pdpplanet.com (a TOAD-1 with TOPS-20, a DECSYSTEM-10 2065 and a VAX
780) and cray-cyber.org (an emulated CDC Cyber plus a rotating
selection of historic super computers on weekends), but is there
anything else? Is anybody running classic versions of UNIX (UCB-era
BSD, AT&T-era System III/V, V6/V7, etc) Is anybody running a public
IBM system? What about various lesser-known systems? Given that most
people used these systems through remote terminals to begin with, a
public access system would seem to be an ideal way to experience them,
but how many of them are available in such a way?
A little surprised that people don't seem to know this, since it's been
online for about fifteen years now (and I have made public announcements
now and then all the time)...
Update, in Sweden, have a PDP-11/70, which runs RSX, and have guest
access. The machine is Magica.Update.UU.SE.
Because a budget limit, along with a problematic cooling system a few
years ago, we've had to restrict how much we can have that machine
running, so we migrated all accounts to an emulated PDP-11/74 instead,
called Mim.Update.UU.SE.
So, just telnet to Mim.Update.UU.SE, and login with guest/guest, and you
can play with RSX.
Oh, and yes, Magica is still around as well. It just takes a turn of the
key to get it online.
Johnny
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