[rescue] PDP11 adventures (Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.)
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adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Tue Dec 5 13:57:40 CST 2006
" From: John Francini <francini at mac.com>
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" On 5 Dec 2006, at 12:19, Michael Thompson wrote:
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" >> OK... so I'm now the new (proud :-) ) owner of a PDP-11/83.
" >> <snip>
" >> What is DDCMP control ROM ? that my M8053-MA has ?
" >
" > It will let you boot an application over a synchronous serial or
" > broadband cable connection to a PDP-11 or PDP-10 server.
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" These were used "back in the day" when PDP-11s were often used as
" remote terminal concentrators/remote job entry terminals for
" DECsystem-10s. The software that ran in these -11s would be
" downloaded over the (usually) point-to-point data link.
x.25? hdlc/sdlc? just curious.
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