Here is a video taken in 2007 of a live DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) PDP-11/40 Computer system running a 1979 V7 version of the RSTS/E Operating System. An LA36 DecWriter II printing terminal is connected to this PDP-11/40 via an EIA (RS232) connection using the DZ11 M7819 multiplexer.
Watch the LA36 DecWriter run the SYSTAT program as it prints out the system status!
These printers were work horses. They were built like tanks.
bewarethedecks 2 months ago
That, until I saw the first Apple II, is what I thought a computer was.
packetrat 4 months ago
Gosh... I have not heard that sound in decades! Great to hear & see it. Thanks for posting this.
cggage 8 months ago
Are these devices in a museum somewhere I can take my nephews. I want to show them what true computing was.
topmscldad 9 months ago
Fantastic.
wisteela 1 year ago
icc4it.co.uk for all dec
leonwheeler1974 1 year ago
A dot-matrix printer is a rather unusual thing to find on a terminal...
douro20 1 year ago
damn i miss those days.... thanks!
lesf999 1 year ago
Refridgerator sized computer, it's fan whirring in the backround, the quiet rapid clicks on the decwriter, ahhhh I whish I was there
6364gg2 2 years ago
brings back memories
ccsears1 2 years ago