[HECnet] RSX or RSTS

[Thomas DeBellis]

Yep, I'm seriously trailing edge...

Last used RSTS/E on an 11/50 in 1980, so one assumes they updated a few 
things.  However, we all thought it was a pretty nifty system.

On 3/20/20 11:36 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> Thomas, you are way behind the curve...
>
> With RSTS/E V8, DCL became sortof usable, and with V9, DCL became the 
> standard command line interpreter. V10 made it smell even more like VMS.
> You have account privileges very similar to VMS, and the RSTS/E BACKUP 
> is even more or less compatible with VMS BACKUP. And I can't even 
> remember what else was stuffed in there in the later versions. Paul 
> should be able to fill in the blanks...
>
> Basic started being almost hidden away...
>
>   Johnny
>
> On 2020-03-21 04:32, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
>> Nice!  How many watts does all that stuff pull?  Do you have to worry 
>> about your heating bill while it's on?
>>
>> My vote is for RSTS; there are a lot of things about it that are like 
>> Tops-10.  Can't beat the BASIC.  Or couldn't, anyway.  I don't know 
>> if they ever did DCL for RSTS; I wouldn't use it (I'm saving myself 
>> for VMS)
>>
>> You're not allowed to run Unix unless you have a PDP-7, SIMH or 
>> otherwise.  Unix is a waste of a perfectly good 11.
>>
>> On 3/20/20 11:04 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>>>
>>>   With all this social distancing and staying home, I’ve been 
>>> dusting off old hardware and fixing it up.  I just finished running 
>>> diagnostics on a nice little PDP-11 system.  It is a -
>>>
>>>                PDP-11/53+ with 3.5Mb RAM in a BA123
>>>
>>>                KDA50 and 2xRA73 drives
>>>
>>>                DELQA NI
>>>
>>>                CXA16 16 line mux (DHV11 clone, more or less)
>>>
>>>                TQK70 and TK70 (probably worthless – those things 
>>> never work)
>>>
>>>                SQ739 SCSI controller (does both MSCP and TMSCP!)
>>>
>>>    I figure I’ll use the SCSI for a CDROM and a tape drive, maybe an 
>>> Exabyte.  Don’t really need more disk space with two RA73s already, 
>>> and I’m sure the SDI is faster than the SCSI.
>>>
>>>   So, the question is, what OS should I put on it?  RSX or RSTS?  It 
>>> has to be something that can make good use of the hardware.
>>>
>>>   No Unix, please – I’ve already got a nice 11/83 with 2.11bsd on it.
>>>
>>>   Ideas?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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