From: carl.lowenstein@gmail.com (Carl Lowenstein)
Subject: [TUHS] pdp11 question
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:27:31 -0800 [thread overview]
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Norman Wilson <norman at oclsc.org> wrote:
> Just to loop things around a bit:
>
> Some of the larger VAXes used small PDP-11s (and their
> bastard offspring) as console processors.
>
> This started with the very first VAX, the 11/780, which
> used an 11/23 as a console. The console ran a stripped-down
> system, possibly based on RT-11 or RSX-11, I forget (and
> am typing this on a train in the Outer Mongolia part of
> Texas where it's hard to look up references).
RT-11. Original LSI-11 (quad card) or perhaps 11/2 (dual card). The
processor card that was used in a system called 11/03.
11/780's predate 11/23's by a small number of years.
> I never knew a lot about this stuff and have forgotten much
> of what I did know, but perhaps my words will trigger others'
> memories.
Long time no hear from you.
carl
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-18 18:57 Norman Wilson
2010-11-18 19:26 ` Bill Pechter
2010-11-18 19:27 ` Carl Lowenstein [this message]
2010-11-18 21:03 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-11-29 23:05 ` Ian King
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2010-11-14 0:38 Tim Newsham
2010-11-14 1:03 ` Larry McVoy
2010-11-14 1:59 ` Warner Losh
2010-11-14 2:43 ` Pasquale Villani
2010-11-14 7:08 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2010-11-14 9:56 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-11-17 23:36 ` Pete Turnbull
2010-11-14 22:22 ` Nick Downing
2010-11-15 0:17 ` Larry McVoy
2010-11-14 9:51 ` Wilko Bulte
2010-11-18 6:34 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2010-11-14 12:32 ` Pete Turnbull
2010-11-14 8:14 ` Jochen Kunz
2010-11-14 14:01 ` Pat Villani
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