7 Oct
2003
7 Oct
'03
6:14 p.m.
Bill Machacek wrote:
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I just rescued a Digital PDT 11/150 ... what have I
got?
A nice little RT-11 system. It may seem heavy, but the alternative
is usually in a BA23 deskside/rack box, and that's heavier. It is
almost completely non-expandable as Tony pointed out; it was
theoretically available with only a single RX01 floppy drive, and
three serial ports, but all the units I've seen (mine or pictures
on the 'Net) have both drives and six ports.
There's probably *something* other than RT-11 that'll run on it,
but I haven't gotten around to finding it yet. There probably
isn't enough room on an RX01 for anything like Xinu or a Unix v6
mini-root, let alone enough hardware, but things that could be run
on a pdp-11/03 stand a chance. Should be some fun things in the
DECUS library.
--S.