More PDP-11 Tape Processing

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[AdmiralCreideiki]

Wait, is that a straight-up VT-100 or an actual VT-103?

I ask, as wouldn't using a VT-103 to talk to an LSI-11 be a bit... redundant? (Since the VT-103 is basically an LSI-11 crammed into a VT-100 chassis. ...I ought to know, I own one (upgraded to an 11/23 CPU).)

[Paleoferrosaurus]

@AdmiralCreideiki Actually, it's the "cheaper" VT-102 -- a VT-100 with the printer interface & advanced video bundled as "standard." I don't have a VT-103, but I do have a VT-278 (same basic chassis, but a pdp-8a onboard instead of the LSI-11.)

[douro20]

Have you ever had a TU-45 to hook up to that?

[Paleoferrosaurus]

@douro20 No. I had a TU-80 but never figured how to make it work with the 11. Traded that for the Qualstar deck and another TSZ-07 for my Dec 3000. Not aa much personality as the older drives, but at least pretty reliable.

[douro20]

If I was to get a hold of a PDP-11 one of these days I would rather have one with a full CE panel.

[Paleoferrosaurus]

@douro20 I hear you! One of the bigger unibus machines with all the lightzenblinken would be great to own, even if the electric bill might kill me!

[AdmiralCreideiki]

@Paleoferrosaurus The VT-278? That's quite the neat little box. Though it actually uses the Harris/Intersil 6100 like the Spare Time Gizmos SBC-6120; though it has some marked differences between itself and a "real" PDP-8 so it is mostly incompatible with most software.

My VT-103 actually has the "real" VT-100 board, it can't work with the VT-102 or VT-101 boards, since the system requires the STP connector on the VT-100 board. Mine doesn't have the AVO option, unfortunately.

[iz5saf]

wonderful sound!

[invis648]

this is epic!

[cwickenkamp]

Nice!