Computer speedometers

J. Peterson pdp11 at saccade.com
Thu Oct 20 14:22:26 CDT 2005


At 02:18 PM 10/19/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>I was reminiscing to someone about an old GE mainframe with an analog meter
>that registered Kops/sec.
>
>Has anyone done a similar thing with their vintage systems?

In the late 70's I saw a PDP-11/45 that was wired up with an analog meter 
like that.  As I understood it, it was an RC integrator hooked up to one of 
the Unibus lines.  It was a great compliment to the RSTS spinning lights.

Cheers,
jp

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