9 May
2011
9 May
'11
3:02 p.m.
On Mon May 9 14:57:10 2011 bob at jfcl.com wrote
> Jerome Fine (jhfinedp3k at compsys.to) wrote:
>How would device drivers designed for a Qbus or Unibus do disk I/O?
> How would serial ports to a terminal operate?
You could, if you had the right bits and knew enough
about RT11, just
write new device drivers for RT11 and port it to S100 hardware. I'm sure
there are people with enough knowledge to do that, but RT11 is _not free_.
What hobbyists do in their garage is one thing, but any commercial
endeavor would have to be careful about putting their name on that.
Wouldn't it be possible to sell a kit containing the complete board and
enclosure, power supply etc. and device drivers, but *not* the OS? I think
most hobbyists wouldn't have a problem getting RT11/RSX whatever on their
own using the hobbyist license and installing it themselves. The hardware
part (and the device drivers) is what most people can't do.
I think a complete kit less the OS is viable and fair to all parties. I
would like to see more (any!) choices in that area, new retro hardware
ready for vintage but readily available OS.