18 Apr
2001
18 Apr
'01
12:46 a.m.
Which brings up another interesting point, how many
Hobbyists are running any of their PDP-11's with SCSI controllers?
...or how many would like to? (My hand is raised). While not being a 'pure'
PDP-11, it does offer some significant advantages.
Lee Courtney
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of healyzh(a)aracnet.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:05 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: RT-11 - An Open letter to Mentec?
If you look at what Tim Shoppa did with the RT-11
Freeware CD, that
seems like a good model. The files were duplicated in both the DOS
and RT-11 portions. The RT-11 portions were set up as RT-11 partitions
which can be read on a PC, along with the DOS files. I don't have a
CDROM on the real PDP-11 hardware that is compatible with the
Qbus host adapter, so I can't comment on what a real PDP-11 sees, but
I presume that others have done so.
I think an important question would be, is this worth the
additional effort
it would take someone to put together? Or to put it another way,
are there
any hobbyists besides myself with a CD-ROM on thier main PDP-11? I know
you've tried unsuccessfully to get a CD-ROM drive that will work with your
SCSI controller. Which brings up another interesting point, how many
Hobbyists are running any of their PDP-11's with SCSI controllers?
Zane