PDP 11/70s For Sale

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Fri Sep 24 23:17:49 1999

>That was the plan. I found that the 11/130 I have runs RT-11 quite
>nicely and it's the fastest of the tu58 based systems (uses an oddball
>parallel interface tu58).

And is that using the technique I developed for positioning files
on the TU58 to reduce latency on RT? I've had RT cold boot from TU58
in as little as 28 seconds...

>Think of it as more flexible... runnin for the door. ;)

Ahem...

>Seriously the hardware boys seemed to be just a touch off center for the
>realm. Even the VT180, a very good CPM engine design they left off
>two sided (rev-H has it but I've never seen a real one) and that crippled
>disk expansion to the denser two sided media.

Bounded System:
        A system which would be usable if it could be expanded...
        ... but it can't because it's bounded.

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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