10 Jul
2016
10 Jul
'16
5:13 p.m.
On 2016-07-10 07:00 PM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
Greetings
I have a restored and (I think) functional PDT-150 with dual 8? floppy drives but no
software. I do have some blank 8? diskettes but no real means of transferring an
operating system or (say) a word processing program onto them.
Any assistance would be appreciated. Happy to pay for OS/Application diskettes and
freight etc
The PDT-150 was also sold with a VT-105 as the MiniMINC and can run some
versions of RT-11 (at least V3b). On my site there are images of disks,
but it requires a PC capable of writing single density format to an 8"
disk. IMD is not the most common format in DEC circles, but it is in PC
land.
http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/miniminc/floppyImages/
Many thanks
Brendan
Greetings & success,
Fred Jan Kraan
11 Jul
11 Jul
1:46 p.m.
On 07/10/2016 14:13, Fred Jan Kraan wrote:
On 2016-07-10 07:00 PM, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
Back in the later 80s I picked up an ex-Digit's PDT-11/150, which was
sold to her with a VT52. It came with RT-11 v4 and random bits and bobs,
all of which is lost in storage somewhere at the moment.
Just wanted to point out that the PDT will happily run RT-11 v4, and I'm
not sure what the last version would be. I see a reference to using
VTCOM with the PDT-11/150 in the RT-11 v5.1 release notes, so...
--S.
I have a restored and (I think) functional PDT-150 with dual 8? floppy
drives but no software. [...]
Any assistance would be appreciated. Happy to pay for OS/Application
diskettes and freight etc
The PDT-150 was also sold with a VT-105 as the MiniMINC and can run some
versions of RT-11 (at least V3b). 
2:44 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Steven M Jones <classiccmp at crash.com> wrote:
Just wanted to point out that the PDT will happily run
RT-11 v4, and I'm
not sure what the last version would be. I see a reference to using
VTCOM with the PDT-11/150 in the RT-11 v5.1 release notes, so...
As long as you have a suitable PD driver, any version ought to work...
http://www.pdp-11.nl/pdt11-150/pdt11-150-info.html
-ethan
2:42 p.m.
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Fred Jan Kraan <fjkraan at xs4all.nl> wrote:
On 2016-07-10 07:00 PM, cctalk-request at
classiccmp.org wrote:
I happen to have a VT-105, but I don't recall much in the way of
non-lab apps that ever used the graphing capability of the VT-105 (or
any of the other semi-graphical DEC terminals).
Greetings
I have a restored and (I think) functional PDT-150 with dual 8" floppy drives...
The PDT-150 was also sold with a VT-105 as the MiniMINC and can run some
versions of RT-11 (at least V3b). On my site there are images of disks, but
it requires a PC capable of writing single density format to an 8" disk. IMD
is not the most common format in DEC circles, but it is in PC land.
http://fjkraan.home.xs4all.nl/comp/miniminc/floppyImages/
IMD is good. John Wilson's putr is good. Plenty of ways to write an
RX01 with a PC that can write the format and has an 8" drive on it.
I'm working on that myself (John recently sent me a 24V boost PSU, so
I'm going to try to hang a Tandon TM-848 off a DOS/Win3.11 PC, but I'm
also likely to grab an RXV21 and stuff it into a MicroPDP-11 and use
vtserver with an enclosed RX02 from a MINC-11 - after I run it through
a refurb to clean out dust and hardened positioner grease).
-ethan
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