just outta curiosity

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Sun Apr 8 16:42:44 2001

>Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:

> I'm actually going to get my first PDP11 this summer, and I'll be in a
> situation similar to yours. There are many things that I need to learn,
> much money to be spent (preparing its home, moving it, the electrician),
> and much time to be used before I will be able to really get down and
> dirty with the machine, but I am still unbelievably excited about it
> all.

Jerome Fine replies:

I still can remember when I bought my first PDP-11. It was a VT103
box with a DSD 880/8 for the hard disk drive and floppy. I had already
used RT-11 for over a decade at that point, but could never cost justify
my own system.

> My sincerest thanks go to the list member who has made this possible for
> me. You know who you are.

Have you decided which OS(s) you are going to run. If you need help with
RT-11, perhaps I can find some manuals for you. But they are very heavy.
Even if free, the shipping will cost a fair bit.

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
Received on Sun Apr 08 2001 - 16:42:44 BST