It seems the PDP-11 is the favorite machine on this group... I have never seen one, so could someone tell me a few things. a)Year b)original price for average package c)does it have an OS? What is it like? d)what can the thing do? In a message dated 97-12-29 20:03:49 EST, you write: << Well, the electrician came today to upgrade my service to 200A, and laughed when I told him that the thing that prompted me was that I got this "large, old computer." He couldn't believe that a "residential" computer draws 30A startup and 15A running. The sound of it amazes me, too. Anyway, I hooked a terminal up to it and lo-and-behold, a prompt. Now, I've never owned a PDP-11, so be gentile, here. How do I get it to run a command shell? I have installed two RK05 drives, the 0: drive has a {supposedly good} RT-11. Upon boot, I get the following on the terminal: 000000 170002 170002 165360 $ I'm assuming that the "$" prompt is the monitor prompt. It seems to only accept two-letter commands before performing an auto-carriage-return. The "165360" is also on the front panel display. Any clues would be appreciated. I'd like to get this thing running by the time I get back to work on 1/5. Happy New Year to all! Rich Cini/WUGNET &lt;nospam_rcini(a)msn.com&gt; (remove nospam_ to use) ClubWin! Charter Member (6) MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking ============================================ >>