[Simh] PDP for beginners

[Don North]

On 2/3/2018 5:11 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
>> On Feb 2, 2018, at 6:25 PM, Pär Moberg <ghostdewolf at gmail.com> wrote: I am 
>> looking to put up a PDP-# machine to play with. What machine and OS should I 
>> use. I am looking for simple/beginner system, or as beginner it got. Also, 
>> not *nix, it is still alive and therefore boring. Telnet terminals would be 
>> awesome but not necessary. //Pär (or Paer)
> Reading this, I assume you’re looking to use SIMH, and not real hardware, but 
> I’m honestly not 100% sure. I totally understand your UNIX comment. System and 
> OS’s options that come to my mind are the following. PDP-10: TOPS-10 TOPS-20 
> ITS PDP-11: RSTS/E RSX-11M or M+ TSX-plus There was talk of a Hobbyist License 
> for TSX-Plus, which runs on top of RT-11, but I’m not sure if that happened or 
> not. While it’s not a PDP system, realistically, from a “simple/beginner” 
> standpoint, VAX/VMS would be a good option. There is a great webpage out there 
> on installing it, which means the hardest thing to do is to get registered for 
> a Hobbyist License.
Just plain RT-11 would be the easiest to start with on PDP-11 SIMH. That is 
about as beginner as it gets.

Don
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