1GHz PDP-11 (Re: Prints for an 11/70)

From: no <oliv555_at_arrl.net>
Date: Thu Dec 13 19:01:39 2001

Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> On December 13, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > That's why I was thinking of addressing multiple busses. Not only that, I
> > want to maintain compatibility with existing devices.
>
> I don't recall who at the moment...but there's some company
> somewhere who makes a PCI-Qbus bridge, and maybe a Unibus one as
> well. The idea is to use a pdp11 emulator on a crappy PeeCee and be
> able to connect your DEC peripherals to it.
>
> I would love to see NetBSD/alpha drivers for that board...I'd put an
> RL02 (or maybe an RK07!) on one my Alphas! 8-)
>
> -Dave
>

Pricey beasts, those bridges. Looked into that a few years ago when
my company was thinking of replacing the 11/45's with the Osprey
board. Unibus bridges were about $2500 each.

-nick
Received on Thu Dec 13 2001 - 19:01:39 GMT