7 Feb
2014
7 Feb
'14
5:55 p.m.
What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's use as Consoles, and what did their console
software consist of.
Zane
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8 Feb
8 Feb
2:46 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 02:55:41PM -0800, Zane Healy wrote:
What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's use as
Consoles, and what
did their console software consist of.
That depends, models 8600 and 8650 used an 11/03 with RX
floppies (ours has an RL drive too). I'm not sure about the OS,
I bet it is RT11.
The other models didn't have a front end AFAIK.
/P
3:06 a.m.
On Feb 7, 2014, at 11:46 PM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 02:55:41PM -0800, Zane Healy
wrote:
The disk in question is an RL02.
Zane
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What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's use
as Consoles, and what
did their console software consist of.
That depends, models 8600 and 8650 used an 11/03 with RX
floppies (ours has an RL drive too). I'm not sure about the OS,
I bet it is RT11.
The other models didn't have a front end AFAIK. 
11:20 a.m.
On 02/08/2014 03:06 AM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Feb 7, 2014, at 11:46 PM, Pontus Pihlgren
<pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
I don't think that
was right. By time the 8600 arrived the 11/03 was
in retirement. IF memory serves it had a dedicated T-11 for console.
The T-11 was a single chip version of the PDP-11 and the board
used would likely have been Falcon (T-11 Qbus SBC).
Allison
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 02:55:41PM -0800, Zane
Healy wrote:
What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's use
as Consoles, and what
did their console software consist of.
That depends, models 8600 and 8650 used an 11/03 with RX
floppies (ours has an RL drive too). I'm not sure about the OS,
I bet it is RT11.
The other models didn't have a front end AFAIK.
11:28 a.m.
>> What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's
use as Consoles, and what
>> did their console software consist of.
>>
> That depends, models 8600 and 8650 used an 11/03 with RX
>
You bet it does. The 8000 series spans a lot of time and variation.
The right answer is seriously dependent on the specific model.
Depending on specific model and date code the console could have
been LSI-11, 11/23, T-11 for the Qbus variants and 11/23 via
Pro350, J11 via Pro380.
Allison
4:45 a.m.
The VAX 8800 used a Professional 380 as a console.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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What kind of PDP-11's did VAX 8000's use as Consoles, and what did their console
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5:26 a.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
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Subject: Re: VAX 8000 Console?
The VAX 8800 used a Professional 380 as a console.
Kind regards,
Pierre
I recently acquired a "VAX Console" which I understand to be a Pro 380. I
have not tried it out yet though...
Regards
Rob
10:27 a.m.
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:26 AM, Robert Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
I recently acquired a "VAX Console" which I understand to be a Pro 380. I
have not tried it out yet though...
This manual (1986) refers to it as a PRO-38N running P/OS and console
applications:
EK-KA881_8800sysTech1_Jul86.pdf
This manual (1988) says the console subsystem is a MicroVAX II running
MicroVMS and a POLARIS console program:
EK-8840H-UG-001_88xx_System_Hardware_Users_Guide_Mar88.pdf
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