9 Oct
2013
9 Oct
'13
2:11 p.m.
On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:57 PM, "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
On Oct 9, 2013, at 13:10 , Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
A T-11 is somewhat more limited than an LSI-11, but yes. I'd argue that
if you were to sacrifice something to get a T-11, it should be one of the
many medical devices that used them instead of a VS240, but it WOULD be
pretty neat to run custom code talking directly to the framebuffer
(assuming that's how it actually works in the VS240; I haven't looked).
- Dave
The only thing I think DEC got wrong with the
VT240 is that you can't
download programs into its RAM and run them. Which, given there's a T11
in there, is a pity...
Wait, does that mean that I already sorta have an LSI-11 inside the VT241? Has anybody
every tried swapping out ROMs to run custom code on those? :)