[HECnet] RSTS/E + DECNET 4.1

[John Wilson]

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