18 May
2001
18 May
'01
7:06 a.m.
I've been gifted with a PDP-11/53 (or 53+) CPU module.
The CPU is from a DECserver 550, and I have the box as
well, so I'll be able to build up my PDP-11 there rather
than use my BA23 from my MVII. From what I've been able
to determine the CPU modules in the DECserver 550 has
different ROMs, so I'll need to replace them to make
a bootable system. I'll be able to use the Ethernet
card in the DECserver 550 (DELQA), and I'll move over
my RQDX3 and RD54 drives from the MVII. Since the
CPU has 1.5M of RAM I won't need any extra memory
(and from reading the PDP-11 history, adding memory
off-board adds a real performance hit.
So, does any here have a source for bootable ROMs
for this CPU?
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net