> > Now for the next obvious question: Does anyone have
> > a spare CPU/memory/cab kit for sale?
>
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> Would you be satisfied with an M8189 (KDF11-B or a quad
> 11/23) and 1/2 MByte of memory? I don't know where they
> might be right now, but I could look if the answer is yes.
Yes, I would be interested in the boards as long as they are
cheap. An 11/23 was one of the systems I used way back.
> And then are you going to ask for software as well? If not, which
> OS are you going to run and have you thought about documentation
> and spares and backup?
I've got the OS. As for spares, I've got a spare set of the
everything but the CPU and memory. This came about as a
"gee, I've got all this stuff from when I used to work on
a PDP-11, and now that I've got a house and computer room
I want to get a PDP-11 running off my own." The MVII was
an obvious starting point since it has a Q-bus and I don't
use it anymore since I've got a couple of faster VAX systems.
> By the way, if you are going to use RT-11, then V5.03 is the version
> that I would strongly recommend as the least version since previous
> versions are not able to access the full drive, only the first 32 MBytes.
> And prior to V5.0, RT-11 could not even use an RD54. Actually,
> V5.0 probably can't use an RD54 either since I doubt that it can
> manage the RQDX3, but starting with V5.03, RT-11 is OK.
>
> However, the TK50 was not supported until at least V5.04 and
> possibly not until around V5.04A or V5.04C - I not sure which.
I've used RT-11, but I've mostly used RSX-11M.
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Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Wed Apr 18 2001 - 11:11:24 BST