From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: grog@lemis.com (Greg 'groggy' Lehey) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:08:30 +1100 Subject: [TUHS] pdp11 question In-Reply-To: <4CDF4292.8080306@bsdimp.com> References: <20101114010336.GG8212@bitmover.com> <4CDF4292.8080306@bsdimp.com> Message-ID: <20101114070830.GA11642@dereel.lemis.com> On Saturday, 13 November 2010 at 18:59:46 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > On 11/13/2010 18:03, Larry McVoy wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 02:38:29PM -1000, Tim Newsham wrote: >>> How much does an old pdp-11 type system cost these >>> days (ie. a pdp-11/40 with disks and terminal capable >>> of running something like 1st, 6th or 7th ed)? >>> >>> How much power do they take up to power on? >>> Whats maintenance like on those things? >>> >>> I've always been curious. >> >> Back in the day there was something called a microvax and I think there >> was a micropdp - it was a tall slim thing. Might google that. > > The MicroPDP11 was in more or less the same form factor as the > MicroVAX I and II (also marketed as VaxStation I and II). It was > also known as something like the PDP 11/73. I wasn't aware of a MicroPDP-11, but I have an LSI-11/73, photos at http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20001122&imagesizes=112#Photo-2 or http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20061027&imagesizes=13#Photo-1 Clearly it's a little larger than a MicroVAX. If anybody's interested, this machine is up for grabs. I don't want any money for it, just the knowledge that it will be looked after. It comes with a lot of tapes and (RL-02) disks, and also lots of documentation. If anybody here in Australia wants it, you're welcome to come and pick it up. > I don't know if any of these ran Unix or not, but you might look > into them. A few years ago, the PROs were really cheap and used > about the same power as a PC from 1985. This one does. I gather the architecture is identical to the PDP-11/73. One of the tapes includes the 7th Edition. Greg -- Finger grog at FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. See http://www.lemis.com/grog/email/signed-mail.php for more details. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: not available URL: