17 Oct
1999
17 Oct
'99
2:20 p.m.
2) I use these
systems to host vintage graphics displays. I
have an E&S PS390 arriving this week, and I need a host
for it. I don't intend to leave it in a corner as part
of a "collection", I intend to have it up and running.
Hmmm... IIRC the PS390 is a pretty powerful machine in its own right --
there's a 680x0 (68020?) in there and a lot of bit-slice and ASICs. It
also has its own local mass storage (although this might be only floppy
drives). I wonder if it can run 'standalone'? It appears to be a very
impressive display system...
I've never heard of one being hosted on a PDP11, but I don't see why it
would be impossible. There were systems disks for DECnet or TCP/IP comms
I think, using Ethernet or (presumably) an RS232 port (ethernet was an
option I believe).