[HECnet] RSTS/E + DECNET 4.1

[Gregg Levine]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:06 AM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>

I had a PDT-11/150 many years ago, mid-80s.   It was kinda fun, but
also kinda pointless.   The only thing you can run on it is RT-11.

I had one too back then and had a blast!   RT-11 is terrific (infinitely
better than contemporary microcomputer OSes), and anyway a 150 will run
pretty much anything an 11/03 will run (but with 30 KW of memory instead of
just 28) so it's really pretty flexible.   I wrote a FORTH-79 system on mine
(including a stand-alone 4-user version with a blinky NULJOB display on the
two LEDs), and a PDP-8 cross-assembler, and one side of a two-user "pong"
game that worked over the modem, and ported Small-C to it, and did a zillion
other things I don't even remember.   Something or other with a Microsoft
serial mouse plugged into the modem port?   It was such a great machine!!!

John Wilson
D Bit

Hello!
Actually, Dave, and you too John, those are two of many reasons why
I'd give one of my lives for finding one of those things. I naturally
have other reasons that're too numerous to mention. In fact I have to
updated my website at http://www.gregg.levine,name which insists that
on the equipment wanted page its just the PDP-11/23 and the PDP-11/53
who're wearing those interesting features, to now include one of those
little devils.

For example Dave if you come across the guts to actually build one of
the PDT-11/150 and such like but have nothing for it to do then I'll
be glad to accept it, of course there are other issues a foot.
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