[Simh] New to the List + Questions

[Toby Thain]

On 13/03/11 12:14 AM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
> Thanks very much everyone for all the info and help with the UNIX
> related question, the only issues I had was getting the bootable tape
> image created - grr, hate windows -

Why do you run it?

>  luckily a friend of mine didn't
> mind making me the tape image (and the install image for Ultrix 4.0).
> The other issue, I find is more odd/annoying, namely the problem is it
> just won't work if the CPU is an 11/70, though that's not so bad, I
> could get it working with the other CPUs too. (The config I was trying
> to get running on the 11/70 was 11/70 CPU, with FPP and 4M RAM, RP06
> disk, and TU16/TE16 magtape.)
> 
> Though I'd really love to hear some info on the PDP-15 related
> questions. (And the question about Mentec and getting the "newest"
> PDP-11 operating systems is still open too.)
> 
> All in all, this has been quite fun, and a nice learning experience.
> Now, if only I could get my hands on a real PDP-11...

That's usually not too difficult, depending on your location. There are
always many on ebay and you could try hanging out on #classiccmp on
Freenode where PDP systems are a regular topic.

--Toby

> 
> 
> Cheers everyone, and have a great (remainder) of a weekend.
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