27 Jul
2001
27 Jul
'01
5:34 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
The only reason I've ever wanted an 11/60 is
because long ago, I heard
the story that its microcode engine was verified by a DEC engineer whose
hobby was hacking the PDP-8 instruction set where it shouldn't belong.
I heard he succeded in turning a PDP-11/60 in the Mill into the world's
fastest PDP-8. Dunno what you could do about peripherals, though.
-ethan
This is a /60 *without* the chassis (er, rack?) you'd need something
to mount it in... i've got the power supplies and everything, though.
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX