PDP-11/23 deskside machine

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Thu Mar 23 21:35:23 2000

>This evening I accidentally aquired a PDP-11/23 (model # 11E23-FE). It
>has RD-52A hard disk and dual floppies like the ones on a Rainbow.

Sweet!

>What can I do with it? It does boot and is running RT11 with 512k of ram.

Well, I like to use mine for connecting to my ISP, for games, for a little
programming, for tinkering, etc.

>It appears to have a fault. It often runs for just a few minutes then
>drops to a _at_ prompt and starts spitting out strings of ? marks endlessly.
>Is this a failure anyone is familiar with? How can I tack more ram on it?
>
>The machine is is fairly good condition and appears complete. --

I don't recognize the problem I'm afriad, but 512k is a LOT of RAM! BTW,
is that K or KW?

                        Zane
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Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 21:35:23 GMT

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