PDP11/23+ goes on

[Fred N. van Kempen]

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Al Kossow wrote:

> > What is the "modern way" to get software into the PDP11?
>
> I use a ZIP drive and a Qbus MSCP disc controller.
That is good for people who have (and can afford) Qbus SCSI
controllers.  Most don't.

> A software-only solution (though much slower) is to use the
> TU58 simulation software that is around
This works, but indeed is slow.  A little faster would be doing
a VTserver install, but that requires fiddling with the OS to
make it "understand" the VT: tape drive.  It would be good if
some of the RT, RSX and RSTS folks on here could do this (easy)
mod, and make a dist kit for the hobbyist community.  Contact
me off-list if you're interested in doing so!

--f