DECdatasystems

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp1527.monmouth.com>
Date: Sun Feb 24 13:16:37 2002

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Bill Pechter wrote:
>
> > > DECdatasystem 570.
> >
> > That was one of the later 11/70's and (in my opinion) one of the nicest
> > packaged ones to work on.
>
> I had never seen one before, but had been told about its front panel. I
> thought it would clash, being mostly white in a black/maroon rack. I am
> pleasantly surprised with how pretty it is.
>
> > Great find.
>
> Now I just have to find the cards for it...and someone to help me remove
> it from the back of my truck.
>
> > As far as marketting... who knows. They never made much sense to me.
>
> But the DECdatasystems are a later packaging, right? If so, how late in
> the life of the 11/70 are we talking? 1908-ish? I'm wondering what
> peripherals I need to look for for it to be a historically accurate,
> catalog-perfect configuration.

I was installing them as late as 85-86...

>
> I'm guessing an RM03/05/80 would be OK for disks (and easier to handle
> than a RPxx!), but I'm not sure what tape or other things should go with
> it.

On stuff these guys were sold with TE16's through TU77's... sometimes
they'd have TS11's on them...

Some were upgraded earlier systems. At DEC one of ours had a rack
of RK05's as well as RP06's... Software development sites often had
almost all the types of disks or tapes hanging on the bus.

> That brings me to another question. Is there anywhere that I can easily
> find either the introduction date of DEC peripherals or (even better) the
> date range during which the peripherals were sold? Google works about 20%
> of the time for this, and it's slow going. I didn't live through the
> PDP-11 heyday like some of you, :-) and it's hard for me to get a good
> idea of what was intended to go with what.

Wish I knew, I'd love to see a comprehensive history.

>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com
>
>

Bill
>

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