M8207 anyone?

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed Aug 9 21:02:50 2000

From: Daniel T. Burrows <dburrows_at_netpath.net>


>My archive RSX11M+ system currently has 2) 9Gb and 1) 3 Gb drives on it.
>Along with the 1GB boot, a CDROM and a ZIP. RZ25's get swapped more
often
>than the ZIP gets used now however.
>
>It also has a quad density 9 track, TZ30, and a 4mm for tapes.
>The only DEC item in it are grant cards and a DELQA
>
>Dan


Well I happen to have a 11/73 that is all DEC and it has the one think I
like
and that is I can easily document it fully and duplicate it. If I need
SCSI
I have a CDM200 I can borrow from the VAX for CDrom use or whatever.

I happen to like RT11FB or XM so a rx33 plus three RD52(Quantum D540s)
on a RQDX3 is a roomy setup with RL02 and RX02. Come to think of it
one of the RD53s boots as RSTS.

If there were any PDP-11 config I'd love to do it's a micro Qbus box
 with say 11/23 IDE and RX23/24 3.5" drives in a PC minitower or
smaller format.

Envision this (all dual width cards):

11/23 m8186 KDF-11A (11/23 Q22, I have one overclocked).
boot M8021 MRV11 (Eprom card with boot)
ram M8059(x4) MSV11LK (4x =1mb)
serial M8043 DLV11j 4port serial

One possible Disk system, all DEC
disk M7555 RQDX3
           M9058 disk distribution
flop TEACFD55GFV RX33
HD RD52 RD52

OR hybrid DEC:
 CMD200, RZ23, Cdrom

all in a H9281-AC(12 dual slots) which has a footprint
nearly as large as MINI AT sized card though much
thicker. ;-)

I also have a few M7142s, VK170 base Vt52 video on
a dial card so the system would use a mono CRT
and a keyboard like a real PC.

I should do it as I have all the bits and it would be
fair system perfomance wise. Not bad for 1984-87
 technology!


Allison
Received on Wed Aug 09 2000 - 21:02:50 BST