18 May
2017
18 May
'17
12:02 p.m.
On 5/18/17 12:51 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
So a 11/03 aka a lsi11 would be to slow for such
things? Such as those
Heathkit h11 lsi11 macheans? Witch was a hobyist pdp11 for those that are
unfamiliar with the hearhkits
No, BBSs were run with 4mhz Z80s... compared to LSI-11 (H11 or PDP11/03)
The -11 is a bit faster. The H11 was not slower, the ram used didn't inject
bus waits.
Actually the limiting item back then as disk performance. The later
hard disks
(rd50 to 54, RD31, RD32, RZxxx) really can help.
Allison
On May 18, 2017 11:45 AM, "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> On 05/18/2017 08:16 AM, allison via cctalk wrote:
>
>> The real question is why BBS? What is it trying to fix or enable?
> You put the words into my mouth. Thank you.
>
> --Chuck
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