DEC 11/45 build - advice sought, parts requested possibly.

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> writes:

 Ethan> On 7/8/05, Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic.com> wrote:
 >> 32 kW for RT?  Wow.  Early on it didn't need anywhere near that
 >> much; V2-SJ runs perfectly well in 8 kW.

 Ethan> Sure... early versions.  Jay did say v5.  Now... even v5 SJ
 Ethan> will run in a lot less than 32kW, but the applications I
 Ethan> remember running (and writing) wanted the full 16-bits of
 Ethan> memory (minus the I/O page, of course).  You can probably play
 Ethan> around fine in 16kW.

 Ethan> The memory isn't just for the OS... you need some space for
 Ethan> the apps (compilers, games, whatever).

True.  But I did assemblies, Fortran, TECO, Basic all in an 8 kW
machine, with RT V2-SJ.

	 paul