What hardware runs 2BSD (was Re: For sale 128K Core RAM Industrial PDP 11/40 Massbus System)

emanuel stiebler emu at e-bbes.com
Mon Oct 31 11:18:06 CDT 2016


On 2016-10-31 09:16, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:11 AM, emanuel stiebler <emu at e-bbes.com> wrote:
>> On 2016-10-31 08:48, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>>
>>> One of the great recent updates was backporting the MSCP driver from
>>> 2.11 to 2.9.  That opens up KDF11 MicroPDP-11s to running 2.9 with an
>>> RQDX3.  Prior to that availability, one needed an RLV12 or other Qbus
>>> disk controller for that platform.
>>
>> I missed that :(
>
> About 15 years ago, Jonathan Engdahl backported the MSCP driver to 2.9BSD...
>
>> more details?
>
> First hit:
>
>   http://home.windstream.net/engdahl/2_9bsd-mscp.htm
>
> -ethan

I guess, I tripped over the word "recent" ;-)

THANKS!



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