PDP-11

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk > On 11/05/2016 20:45, "Paul Koning" <paulkoning at comcast.net> > > > >> On May 11, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > >> > >>> From: Dave Wade > >> > >>> I have recently a PDP-11 which apparently came from a VAX console. > >> > >> If that's really where it came from, it's a QBUS 11/03. (And IIRC only > the > >> 780 had a PDP-11 console, although I'm not a VAX expert.) > > > > Some others had a PRO as their console. Don't remember which models > > specifically. > > The 8{3|5}50s our biggest customer used had Pro380 VAX CONSOLES, I remember > our main menu system looked odd on them since they had a bitmapped display. > I've still got one of them I think, can't remember the last time I powered > it up but I'm pretty sure it was running TSX-11. > While we're on that subject -- I have a friend locally with an 8550 that's missing the console Pro-380 system; if anyone happens to have one (with the appropriate VAX interface hardware) drop me a line... - Josh