14 Nov
2010
14 Nov
'10
3:51 p.m.
Quoting Warner Losh, who wrote on Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 06:59:46PM -0700 ..
On 11/13/2010 18:03, Larry McVoy wrote:
>Back in the day there was something called a microvax and I think there
>was a micropdp - it was a tall slim thing. Might google that.
BA23 box.
The MicroPDP11 was in more or less the same form
factor as the MicroVAX
I and II (also marketed as VaxStation I and II). It was also known as
Well, sometimes. BA23 box was used for VAXstations, but there was also the
BA123 box, which looks more like a dogs house.
Both my BA23 11/73 and my BA123 MicroVAX are in my storage downstairs
otherwise I would make some pictures.
something like the PDP 11/73. A lower-end version was
the Digital PRO
350 and 360.
I don't know if any of these ran Unix or not, but you might look into
them. A few years ago, the PROs were really cheap and used about the
same power as a PC from 1985.
The PRO series ran P/OS (really.. weird acronym). I think there used to be
an Ultrix variant for them too. Never used that, did use P/OS while I was
at DEC in the late 80s for my graduation work.
Pro350 was an 11/23 CPU (F11??), the Pro380 was an 11/73 CPU (J11?)
Wilko