Saw on Ebay: VAX Console 380 (Professional 380?)

Jeff> Hey, saw this PC-380-AA on ebay, which I believe is a Jeff> Professional 380 turned into a VAX console: Jeff> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=57… Jeff> No idea if these are rare, iirc it's basically a pdp-11/73 type Jeff> box. I don't know if it's rare, either. It has essentially nothing in common with an 11/73. It's a 10 MHz J-11 processor, with a bizarre bus it shares with the Pro-350 and Pro-325 (and nothing else). It has its own peripherals that have no relationship to any other PDP11 peripherals. P/OS is the original OS for these -- that's RSX11 hacked up with a primitive GUI. RT11 runs on it, I believe, as do some versions of Unix. RSTS has been modified to run on one, but that version isn't generally available... There's a detailed manual on bitsavers.org. I don't know what makes it a console. Presumably some interface into the VAX guts, but what that interface is I have no clue. paul