PDP-11/70 Boards
Josh Dersch
derschjo at gmail.com
Mon Nov 29 15:12:27 CST 2021
On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 1:06 PM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Henk Gooijen via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I think the FP11 boards are not essential for the 11/70
> > They only add hardware FP support.
>
> Not essential for many uses, but I'm pretty sure UNIX is unhappy
> without them. If you are going to run RSTS/E or RT-11, should be just
> fine either way.
>
Depends on the UNIX. Ultrix works fine, and the latest patchlevel of
2.11BSD has floating point simulation that works fine.
(I'm running my 11/70 sans floating point hardware at the moment, I'd still
like to find a boardset one of these days, though. Floating point
emulation is slow!)
>
> > However, I think that the cache boards are essential.
> > Not sure the 11/70 will work without them.
>
> Agreed. I think those _are_ mandatory.
>
Yes, the cache is an integral part of the memory system on the 11/70.
- Josh
> Cheers,
>
> -ethan
>
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