PDP11/23+ goes on - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Jun 2005

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Subject: Re: PDP11/23+ goes on
   From: Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de>
   Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:24:38 +0200
     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

 >I use a ZIP drive and a Qbus MSCP disc
controller. 
Sounds interesting. But where to get that MSCP controller??

 >A software-only solution (though much slower)
is to use the
>TU58 simulation software that is around 
.... But with it I would be able to boot my machine. At the moment I have 
NOTHING to boot up my system, copy disks, transfer data from pc etc...

But I have a lot (perhaps more than 100) of these 8" disks.

Can I boot RT11 or RSX11 from floppy???

Regards,

Philipp :-) 
Yes!  You can also boot RT-11 from TU58 (or a simulated one).
RT-11 will boot from any block structured device provide there 
is a driver for it.

Allison