Has anyone found the best way to preserve paper tape software? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Dec 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent &lt;allisonp(a)world.std.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Has anyone found the best way to preserve paper tape software?

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An aside,  in the PDP-11 realm the Qbus 11s like the 11/23 series are by 
I really like  "plug and play" Qbus systems but I don't think there is a
paper tape interface nor a DECTape one?

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 far the easiest to get configured and going.  the
Unibus machines require
a much higher load of knowledge of small bits like what bus level jumpers
must be where and all.

Not too much more.. I have been restoring them for a long time.. the older
ones are a bit of a pain as they had so many revisions of the same CPU. I
was hoping to use 34s as they are they quickest to fix,rarely die, worth
little before and after being abused, and quite dependable.

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 The beauty if that a 11/73 series will run most PDP-11
unix and PUPS has
the license for any version at $100 and also an archive of PDP-11 versions
of unix.

I would really like to run Unix on a PDP-11 (hopefully a 45 with all core
and FPU) but have never found the software.

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 <versions from the early-mid-80's onward.  (i.e.
RSTS/E V7 and on, RT-11 V4
<and forward with some earlier V3 And V2 distributions, RSX-11M 3.0 forward
<and RSX-11M+ V2.0 and forward, with many of the layered product kits
<thrown in for good measure.)

I do have RT-11 V3 and V4 on TU58 still.  I should dig them out and see if
they can still be read (I have three solid TU58s).

Allison