From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: IanK@vulcan.com (Ian King) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:05:00 -0800 Subject: [TUHS] pdp11 question In-Reply-To: References: <1290106759.945.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org [mailto:tuhs- > bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Carl Lowenstein > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:28 AM > To: tuhs at tuhs.org > Subject: Re: [TUHS] pdp11 question > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Norman Wilson > 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. > Yup, LSI-11, the quad card - I had one open just a couple of years ago: rosencrantz.pdpplanet.com -- Ian