22 Jan
2010
22 Jan
'10
8:14 p.m.
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
It is. The bus adapter is the generic DW11B, which can be used to link
just about any Q-bus devices to a Unibus machine
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
I can fill in a few details. More later, if there is interest...
The VS11 and VSV11 are graphic subsystems for the Unibus and Qbus (the
VS11 is a VSV11 and a bus adapter, ISTR). I'm curious though, what software took
advantage of the VSV11?
I know support exists for RSX-11M+, but that is about all I know.
I have one 3rd party PDP-11 video card, and while most likely have RSX-11M
software for it, I lack the means to actually hook it up to anything (or
anything to hook it up to).
I have never played with one, but have some basic documentation that
mentions it. It is definitely supported under RSX.
I've never worked with one either, although I think I have the printset
somewhere. From what I rememebr the VS(V)11 had a processor built from
2901s in it (I forget how many of them). I also can't rememer if the
microcode was in ROM or RAM (but I think the former).
-tony