[Simh] Which PDP-11 to choose

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2019-07-01 20:27, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 1:14 PM Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> If we talk about running actual hardware, then you can run SCSI on
>> Unibus systems as well
> 
> I would love to have a Unibus SCSI controller but I haven't seen any
> under $500.  I have UDA50s, since those are abundant, and RL11s but
> that's about it for Unibus hard disk controllers.  I'm sad I had to
> leave a pair of clean and working RK07s behind in 1993 but there was
> just no room for them.

Well, I never warmed up to the RK06/07. Slow and finicky, in my experience.

But then again, I also happen to have a Unibus SCSI controller...
But yes, they are not cheap these days.

   Johnny

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