microcoding a PC into a PDP-11 (handheld PDP-11)

From: Jonathan Engdahl <engdahl_at_cle.ab.com>
Date: Thu Sep 20 08:49:21 2001

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeffrey S. Sharp
>
> * A hand-held, battery-powered unit similar to a Game Boy.
>
> It's the third idea that seems the coolest to me. Build it low-power
> enough to run on a few batteries. Give it a front panel with switches and
> LEDs for the processor and emulated peripherals. Add a serial link (or
> maybe even a Zip disk) for transferring files to/from another computer.
> It would be the ultimate toy. Just think of all the flavors it could be
> made in.
>
> I'd love to take one of those to class with me. The other CS majors, with
> their PalmPilots and their MP3 playaers and their TI-92s, would be
> absolutely blown away.
>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com

There is a port of an older version of simh to Windows CE. It runs on my
Jornada 430, but I have not yet been able to boot the RT-11 floppy image.
Look for pdpCE, I think. There's a link to it from somewhere in my web
pages.

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