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PDP-11/40 computer and VT52 DecScope terminal

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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2008

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. A VT52 DecScope display terminal is connected to this PDP-11/40 via an EIA (RS232) connection using the DZ11 M7819 multiplexer.

Watch the VT52 DecScoperun the SYSTAT program as it displays the system status!

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  • I'm jealous!  I would love to get a VT52, but I've never seen one in the wild.

  • I've found several in the wild and I think that I have 4 or 5 live ones and one dead one.

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  • @blix1ms0ns Stop it.

  • IT'S OVER 9000 VIEWS!!!

  • Actually V7 was the first RSTS/E I ever worked on (on a PDP-11/44 though), though I used Pericom terminals rather than standard DEC. Seeing that SYSTAT brings back a lot of memories!

  • I had the dec vt100, vt220, and the rainbow...they were awesome useless computers because no one wrote cool software for them.

  • Yup, it's SYSTAT. The VT52 was the second computer terminal I ever used; we had ADDS terminals and I remember writing computer games that used the cursor-addressing. First question on starting the game was "(A)DDS or (V)T-52?" since the escape sequences were different.

  • I have a VT52 (in Stockholm), I'm moving and I'd like to sell it, any ideas on where?

  • @WoffordWitch Wow, 4-5 live and one dead vt52? what's wrong with the dead one?

    I've been trying to find someone who has one to dump the discrete-component processor roms, and the character set rom from, since a group I'm working with wants to get an emulator running; we have the schematics but are missing the microcode and character set.

  • pdp-1 is more of a phenomenom hen this

  • Wonderful, the first VDU I ever used! Looks like running the SYSTAT program

  • I'd like to find me a PDP to add to my collection one of these days.

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