On Sep 23, 23:17, Allison J Parent wrote:
> Subject: Re: PDP 11/70s For Sale
> <Which series is most compact (sized for desktop or tower style) pdp
>
> An 11/53 thats a 11/23 cpu in a BA23 box. About 6Wx28Hx30D and an easy
> 110v outlet. With a RD52(30mb) and a RX50 floppy you can run most any
> PDP11 OS including unix (starting with 2.9 or 2.11).
No, an 11/53 isn't an 11/23, it uses a J-11 on a board which also includes
the RAM (typically 1.5MB) and its performance is more like an 11/73 than an
11/23. You'd need BSD 2.11 to have any hope of MSCP support for RDxx or
RX50.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Fri Sep 24 1999 - 02:48:49 BST