The '70s were fun times. I loved DEC 8s and 11s and they were easy to design interfaces into and to program. It was a good thing they were so intuitive because I never liked their manuals very much. But that's just me. These machines were dependable solutions that could be trusted with serious tasks.
That looked like a VT100 right at the end. Ran a few of those on an 11/70 in my earlier years, though picking them up could be a problem if you didn't know about the way they put them together! I was a RSTS/E user myself, and we had RX01 and RX02 units at various times. Using FIT, they were usually known as DX0: and DX1:. Couldn't comment on RSX-11.
I visited a Nortel DMS-100 central office (CO) back around 2001. Seeing the PDP-11 reminds me very much of what the DMS-100 switch looked like. I also seem to remember seeing a teletypewriter like that. Very cool.
The '70s were fun times. I loved DEC 8s and 11s and they were easy to design interfaces into and to program. It was a good thing they were so intuitive because I never liked their manuals very much. But that's just me. These machines were dependable solutions that could be trusted with serious tasks.
charlessmileyvideo 1 month ago
That looked like a VT100 right at the end. Ran a few of those on an 11/70 in my earlier years, though picking them up could be a problem if you didn't know about the way they put them together! I was a RSTS/E user myself, and we had RX01 and RX02 units at various times. Using FIT, they were usually known as DX0: and DX1:. Couldn't comment on RSX-11.
mistie710 3 months ago
When computers were real computers
MomoTheBellyDancer 3 months ago
That is an awesome old system.
wisteela 1 year ago
I spotted the floppy drive, is it an RX01 or an RX02? I think the device names in RSX-11 were DX or DY.
gasaxeLTV 1 year ago
icc4it.co.uk for all your dec
leonwheeler1974 1 year ago
I worked on DEC Computers back in the 1980s. Some small DECs were integrated in Semiconductor testers. I used a terminal on my desk as well.
KRF888HEI 1 year ago
I visited a Nortel DMS-100 central office (CO) back around 2001. Seeing the PDP-11 reminds me very much of what the DMS-100 switch looked like. I also seem to remember seeing a teletypewriter like that. Very cool.
jtel 3 years ago
That's so freakn' COOL! Is it on the internet?
TalksWithDirt 4 years ago
Are you kidding? It's a friggin antique of a computer!!
Btw, that thing is amazing !! Id love to have a go on a PDP11 one day, what system is it running (OS)? Cheers, Alex.
mcshadypies 4 years ago