PDP-11

[Josh Dersch]

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk
> wrote:

> On 11/05/2016 20:45, "Paul Koning" <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >> On May 11, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: Dave Wade
> >>
> >>> I have recently a PDP-11 which apparently came from a VAX console.
> >>
> >> If that's really where it came from, it's a QBUS 11/03. (And IIRC only
> the
> >> 780 had a PDP-11 console, although I'm not a VAX expert.)
> >
> > Some others had a PRO as their console.  Don't remember which models
> > specifically.
>
> The 8{3|5}50s our biggest customer used had Pro380 VAX CONSOLES, I remember
> our main menu system looked odd on them since they had a bitmapped display.
> I've still got one of them I think, can't remember the last time I powered
> it up but I'm pretty sure it was running TSX-11.
>

While we're on that subject --

I have a friend locally with an 8550 that's missing the console Pro-380
system; if anyone happens to have one (with the appropriate VAX interface
hardware) drop me a line...

- Josh



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