18 Jul
2015
18 Jul
'15
3:35 a.m.
Welcome. IMO the Best way is to get a copy of simh for your system as a good place to
start. The hard part is what system to start with: 11, 10 or Vax - I think will be
easiest and then you have the secondary question of which OS to use. What you are using
for a host system may help your first step. If you are coming from Mac OS X or Linux -
starting with a Unix flavor might be a good first step a little easier. If coming from
Windows there are advantages to trying RSX VMS or Tops so you are not adding the Unix
learning curve (although while all three of those a systems and Unix influenced winders -
they will all have a learning curve I suspect). It really depends what you want / your
desires at this stage.
Good luck and have fun.
Clem
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On Jul 17, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Chris Kurowicki
<ckurowic at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi there. I'm new. No equipment yet. My father used a PDP-11 years ago. I'm into
retro computing, learning all I can about DEC and VAX. I think this network you've
created is awesome. So, hi! Any early suggestions?
retroblog.tauceti.org
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> On Jul 17, 2015, at 4:03 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>
> On 07/17/2015 06:26 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>> Seems like our link to SG1 has been down for weeks. I don't recall
>>> seeing anything on list. Anybody know what's up? Or perhaps I should
>>> ask if I need to do some local troubleshooting. :)
>>
>> I've tried to reach Steve privately but have not heard back. I will
>> try to call or text him to see if he's ok.
>
> Steve is fine, just very busy. He's going to check on SG1 shortly.
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA