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From: james@peacemax.org (James Falknor)
Subject: [TUHS] PDP-11/23 plus minicomputer
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:31:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42F920A1.9090302@peacemax.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42F91CF0.nailCFZ1C4VM1@mini-me.trailing-edge.com>

Tim,
    I thought Unix was written and used on PDP-11 systems.
    Which PDP-11 systems ought I keep an eye out for?

Thank you,
James Falknor

Tim Shoppa wrote:

>>There are 2 disks marked "system" on them. [...] As part of the Unix
>>Heritage Society, I believe we need to keep this system intact.
>>    
>>
>
>Why do you think the disks are Unix-related?
>
>I'm not saying that it's impossible to run Unix on a 11/23 (in fact I
>was the one who recovered RL02 packs with V6 hacked to run on a 11/23)
>but it's 99.99% certain that this system ran either RT-11 or RSX-11,
>given the context.
>
>Now, if the buyer is dumb enough to buy the system and not use the
>disk drives, it's his responsibility to figure out how the heck he's
>ever going to boot the OS.
>
>Tim.
>
>  
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-09 15:09 James Falknor
2005-08-09 21:15 ` Tim Shoppa
2005-08-09 21:31   ` James Falknor [this message]
2005-08-09 21:54     ` Tim Shoppa

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