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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/2018 5:11 PM, Zane Healy wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap=""><font size="-1">On Feb 2, 2018, at 6:25 PM, Pär Moberg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ghostdewolf@gmail.com"><ghostdewolf@gmail.com></a> 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)
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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.</font>
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Just plain RT-11 would be the easiest to start with on PDP-11 SIMH.
That is about as beginner as it gets.<br>
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Don<br>
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