Looking through some pictures my sister in law had brought over.? Everyone was ooing and
ahhing about the cute kids, except me.? I noticed in the background of one my old DEC PDT
11/150 and a VT100.? Circa 1982 those were the latest and with a modem allowed me to log
in to the VAX at work.? Good stuff!? Also a Heathkit H19 terminal that I had built from a
kit.
The PDT 11/150 was an LSI-11 single board computer stacked on top of 2 8in floppies.? That
thing really clattered when I ran it.? I had bought a UCSD P-system for it from a UCSD
spin off that supported that box.? The PASCAL was compatible with the Apple II so it was
actually useful.? I wrote a 2D gravity modeling program for it that my boss ran on his
Apple II to his hearts content without any mainframe charges.??
I can even remember how much it all cost.? The PASCAL system was $500, the H19 $500.? The
VT100 and modem were loaners from work, the PDT 11 was free, DEC was giving them away to
good customers, I suppose because they couldn't sell them.? Good times.
Regards, Jim