>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Davis <jdaviscctalk_at_soupwizard.com> writes:
Jeff> Hey, saw this PC-380-AA on ebay, which I believe is a
Jeff> Professional 380 turned into a VAX console:
Jeff>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=5702711003&rd=1
Jeff> No idea if these are rare, iirc it's basically a pdp-11/73 type
Jeff> box.
I don't know if it's rare, either.
It has essentially nothing in common with an 11/73. It's a 10 MHz
J-11 processor, with a bizarre bus it shares with the Pro-350 and
Pro-325 (and nothing else). It has its own peripherals that have no
relationship to any other PDP11 peripherals.
P/OS is the original OS for these -- that's RSX11 hacked up with a
primitive GUI. RT11 runs on it, I believe, as do some versions of
Unix. RSTS has been modified to run on one, but that version isn't
generally available...
There's a detailed manual on bitsavers.org.
I don't know what makes it a console. Presumably some interface into
the VAX guts, but what that interface is I have no clue.
paul
Received on Thu Jun 03 2004 - 16:12:47 BST