old DEC gear wanted - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Nov 2006

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  Zane H. Healy
wrote:  
 > >At 1:27 AM -0500 11/10/06, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
 >
 >> but I wouldn't be surprised if a few PDP11s are
 >> still doing some oddball stuff out there).
 >
 > They're still around in various settings, industrial, scientific,
 > business, etc.   They're used for such things as electron microscopes,
...
   spectrum
analyzers, controlling parts of nuclear plants, etc.,
 PDP-11's are still big business.  In some cases it's because they're
 still working, why spend the money to replace, in others it would
 simply cost more to replace than it does to keep them running
 (typically places where qualifying new HW/SW can cost insane amounts
 of money). 
  It's not so long since I visited the Indian Space Agency in
Bangalore
and they were using a couple of pdp11/34s to control their satellite
test rig.