27 Jul
2014
27 Jul
'14
8:10 p.m.
Version 5.x supported the Pro325/350. I assume the 380 also worked.
They did the emulation for the screen. IIRC they did VT52 console support
so K52 worked. I don't think they added VT100 support.
The Pro was a pretty nice RT box. Too bad they didn't use that instead of
the annoying menu driven POS.
Venix for the Pro was a free download on the net when I last looked.
It's still mentioned here as a download.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/dec_pro_350.shtml
Bill
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On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:02 AM, John Cowan <cowan(a)mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
Norman Wilson scripsit:
I think the P/OS, the standard OS shipped with
those systems, was a
hacked-up RSX-11M.
Several sources agree that it was, and speak of a menu shell.
I don't know whether there was ever an RT-11
for the Pro.
<http://www.vintage-computer.com/dec_pro_350.shtml> claims that
RT-11 ran: whether stock or modified, the page doesn't say. This
is confirmed by a squib in InfoWorld 6:23 (June 4, 1984) on p. 84
<http://books.google.com/books?id=vi4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84>, which also
speaks of a V7 derivative called VII-M. Venix 2.0 (aka System III) was
definitely available.
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