From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mcquiggi@sfu.ca (Kevin McQuiggin) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:04:07 -0800 Subject: [pups] PDP-11 / vacuum tube interface In-Reply-To: <50683.71.245.40.168.1228944330.squirrel@www.cs.uofs.edu> References: <2f30dc950812091600t2028222dw3f855b2271a12593@mail.gmail.com> <5904d5730812091737g501a4b4ai98ac0862b13107be@mail.gmail.com> <50683.71.245.40.168.1228944330.squirrel@www.cs.uofs.edu> Message-ID: One could always build "a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins"... For those Trekkies out there... Kevin On 10-Dec-08, at 1:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: > > If the intent was to be the first one to wed computers and vacuum > tubes, > you have missed the boat by several decades. I, and I am sure many > others > did it long ago. I ran HF AX.25 Packet Radio on my Heathkit HW-101. > > Of course, if the desire is to wed the PDP-11 and vacuum tubes, if it > hasn't been done already the same could be done. I would bet I could > put an old version of the KA9Q software on a PDP-11 running BSD or > even > Ultrix-11. And then, fire up my HW-101 (yes, I still have it) and the > deed is done. Of course, I could also use my HF rig which is also of > the vacuum tube genre. Drake Twins. :-) > > bill > > -- > Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three > wolves > bill at cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. > University of Scranton | > Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include > > > _______________________________________________ > PUPS mailing list > PUPS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/pups >