[rescue] PDP11 adventures (Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.)

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

John Francini wrote:
> 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.
>   

Makes sense...

reminds me of UNH (University of New Hampshire).  They used PDP-8s
(and possibly others) for remote terminal concentrators.  I remember one of
them booted off punch cards :-)

-- Curt

> john
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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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