>On Sep 19 2004, 15:03, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
>> To the best of my knowledge the smallest possible PDP-11 made out of
>> real hardware would be a 4-slot dual-height backplane, with a
>> dual-height CPU (ideally a PDP-11/73), DLV-11J (providing console
>> port), 3rd party disk controller w/bootstrap (preferably SCSI). That
>> would leave room for one additional dual-height board.
>
>What about memory? All the dual-height CPUs including the KDJ11-A are
>CPU-only.
>
>You'd be better using an MXV11-B (you can disable the bootstrap)
>instead of the DLV11-J.
>
>Smallest of all would be a Falcon or one of the other KXT11 series.
> Everything on one card, and you could add a disk controller if you
>wanted.
Ouch! I knew there was something I was forgetting. That's what the
remaining slot would have to be filled with, a RAM board. Is the
MXV11-B only dual-height? I thought all boards like that are
quad-height, but then I don't own any.
I discounted the Falcon and the like, as I prefer a faster system.
Zane
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