The 8xxx series used RSX and the PRO series with a special hardware interface to talk to
the host.
-Steve Davidson
SF:iP1
On Apr 21, 2021, at 13:52, Steve Davidson <steve at
davidson.net> wrote:
?The VAXen with PDP-11 consoles were RT-11 with ?special? versions of the handlers.
Worked on one of them when part of the RT group.
-Steve
SF:iP1
> On Apr 21, 2021, at 13:49, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>
> ?Bob,
>
> For future reference... what hardware do you have that you can connect the RX01/02
or TU58 to?
>
> I keep a MicroVAX-II around to allow imaging RX01/02/50?s, RD5x (with different
controllers), and TU58?s. Just in case. Now if I only had a RK controller for my RK05
disks I would be much happier! ?
>
> Anyone have an RC25 unit? I have a few of them in need of imaging up before they are
lost forever...
>
> -Steve
>
> SF:iP1
>
>>> On Apr 21, 2021, at 13:31, Robert Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
>>
>> ?
>>>
>>> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>> That's the kicker with RSX... You have TCP/IP.
>>
>> Thanks, but VMS has FTP too... And EXCHANGE _is_ FLX - DEC decided to change the
name on VMS for some reason known only to them. All the VAXes with independent front end
processors used RT11 for the FE file system, and so exchanging files with RT11 is fairly
important there.
>>
>> Bob
>>