[HECnet] RSX or RSTS

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sat Mar 21 11:27:27 PDT 2020


On 3/21/20 2:26 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2020-03-21 19:23, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>>> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>> I wonder why they did that one with S-Box handles.
>>> Some specific product or something? Anyone know any more about that
>>> detail?
>>
>>    It was used, along with a bunch of the CXA/CXY muxes, for some
>> terminal servers.  I forget the DEC name..
> 
> I think that might have been the DECserver 550 then. I though it had
> different boot roms. But maybe that is the case, and the CPU board is
> otherwise exactly the same?

  Yes, same board, different ROMs.  You can (and I have) convert them
back and forth.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


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