[rescue] Rescue a PDP

[Linc Fessenden]

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

> > > > I am almost positive he said it was a 34, but maybe a 35?  Anyway I know
> > > > for sure he said it was a Qbus.  Dang I could swear he sais 30something
> > > > anyway...  On his last email to me he said only PDP11 and I haven't been
> > > > able to get a hold of him yet today for details.  He also said he has an
> > > > assload of documentation for it as well..
> > > 
> > > More info on this thing..
> > > It's actually a Qbus 11/73 with a couple megs of ram and 2 emulex drives
> > > (rl02 style).
> > 
> >   Cool machine!  The 11/73 is a zippy J11-based Qbus PDP11 with 22-bit
> > addressing.
> 
> I have an 11/73.  Right now I'm using an RD54 drive, but after
> I get the computer room redone and the rack installed I'm going
> to see if I can get a KFQSA working with it.  If so, I can use
> an HSD05 to connect some SCSI disks.
> 

Thisparticular machine was used to write and test software to control a
newspaper advertisement stuffer machine (you know, stuffing the tvgiude in
the sunday paper sort of thing).  And I have heard a roumor that it might
have a 3.5 floppy on it.. Draw from that what you will...

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-Linc Fessenden

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