Hello! The term is Trekker, Kevin. And it takes place during the second act of a very important episode. But I freely admit that I am interested in this decidedly strange mix of technology. -- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at worldnet.att.net "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi   > -----Original Message----- > From: pups-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org [mailto:pups-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf > Of Kevin McQuiggin > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:04 PM > To: Bill Gunshannon > Cc: pups at minnie.tuhs.org > Subject: Re: [pups] PDP-11 / vacuum tube interface > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PUPS mailing list > PUPS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/pups