At 11:15 PM 5/7/03 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I got a "Tektronix 8560 Multi-User Software Development Unit" together
>with a Tektronix 8540 in system 68k CPU emulator. The 8560 is based on
>the DEC M8186 PDP-11/23 CPU module but that card is the one and only DEC
>part in the machine.
Just for hat it's worth, a couple of weeks ago I found a GenRad
Vibration analyzer that had 11/23 CPU and one or two other DEC cards. It
had a LOT of cards in it but most were GenRad cards with only a couple of
DEC cards.
Everything else is from Tektronix. There is a 35 MB
>8" disk and a 8" floppy in the 8560 and it runs some flavor of UNIX
>called TNIX. I am trying to break into it currently, as I have no
>passwords. I can't get it to single user mode and I have no distribution
>media nor no stand alone tools.
>
>Has someone heared from this machine bevore?
Yes, I found one a couple of years ago. I posted a couple of messages
about it on th eold CC List. I don't remember the details but you might be
able to check the archives. I put in it storage at a friend's place, he
already had one or two of them.. One has a 68000 CPU pod and the other has
a Z8000 (or something like that) pod.
>Has someone distribution media or stand alone tools?
IIRC one of the units here has a hard drive attached to it. The hard
drive unit is a separate piece that's about the same size as the 8560 and
had a model number 8650 or something like that. I think there may be some
docs down here as well. My friend is a real Tektronix nut and he has a huge
collection of Tektronix equipment and docs. They looked interesting but too
specialized to do anything with.
Joe
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>tsch??,
> Jochen
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Received on Thu May 08 2003 - 07:49:00 BST