[HECnet] RSTS/E + DECNET 4.1

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:06 AM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote: 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 Hello! Actually, Dave, and you too John, those are two of many reasons why I'd give one of my lives for finding one of those things. I naturally have other reasons that're too numerous to mention. In fact I have to updated my website at http://www.gregg.levine,name which insists that on the equipment wanted page its just the PDP-11/23 and the PDP-11/53 who're wearing those interesting features, to now include one of those little devils. For example Dave if you come across the guts to actually build one of the PDT-11/150 and such like but have nothing for it to do then I'll be glad to accept it, of course there are other issues a foot. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."