Saw on Ebay: VAX Console 380 (Professional 380?)

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Thu Jun 3 22:11:19 2004

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 09:21:56PM -0400, Charles H. Dickman wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> I have one of these. The VAX Console interface is kind of interesting.
> It is called the Real Time Interface, option PC3XX-AA, and includes two
> RS-232 ports, a number of discrete I/O lines, and an IEEE-488 bus. The
> VAX was attached to a 62-pin D-shell connector, according to a scan I
> have http://www.chd.dyndns.org/pdp11/Pro380_RTI.pdf Looks like it would
> have been perfect for use in a lab for driving test equipment.

That's why I want to play with one again - I have a variety of IEEE-488
devices, mostly C=, but a little HP and Tek.
 
> You really need the keyboard and display to make it work. A terminal can
> be connected to the printer port and used with ODT, but that is about
> it, at least with P/OS, I am not sure about RT-11. The monochrome video
> is NTSC, so a simple TV monitor will work. I had to dig out an old
> TRS-80 Model I display to make it work.

Are VR201s really that hard to find? Certainly LK201s aren't.

-ethan

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