--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> I've links on my page to PUPS, they're who host the UNIX distro's.
> http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/pdp11emu.html
>
> You're going to need more than a TU58 and 32Kw RAM. I don't remember how
> much RAM, but, IIRC, you'll need at least 1-2 RL02 drives.
I've installed 2.9BSD onto a real (not emulated) PDP-11, an 11/24 w/1MB
of RAM, RL11, 2 x RL02 and a 9-track drive hung off of a Dilog tape
controller (this was long ago, long before PUPS).
My recollection is that the primary distro fits on a single RL02; you'll
need a second one for the source archives (to remake the kernel). It
runs in 256K, but that doesn't leave lots of RAM for user processes.
ISTR that I could run rogue, but not dungeon (an older version of
Bob Supnik's FORTRAN port, not 3.2A).
I bought a real KT24 and a couple extra megs of RAM (from Terry Kennedy,
about $500 c. 1988, ISTR) to run 2.9BSD comfortably. The real problem I
ran into was disk space. 4 RL02s just wasn't enough space to really have
fun. If I would've been willing to drop another grand, I could have had
a Unibus SMD disk controller and a decent sized (capacity, not weight)
SMD disk.
It's a good UNIX to play with. Completely recognizable by today's
standards.
-ethan
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