11/23's

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In article <221 at andromeda.UUCP> marco at andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) writes:
>
>What can you do with PDP 11/23 's ?? I've got a couple of the things
>hanging around from old projects, and while I hate to throw 'em out,
>I really can't think of anything useful to do with the beasties.  They're
>too tall for terminal stands and too big for paperweights :-)  I think
>they have something like 16 K and two RL02's each.  Any ideas ?

   I use mine mostly for a terminal emulator.  It can turn my cheap
Televideo into any possible terminal, even an IBM EBCDIC machine.  Very
useful.  And RT-11 is a fun operating system for process control.  Put
some more core in your machine and you got a nice thing for running a
BBS, for use as a printer controller or terminal controller, and so on.
Hey, after seeing UNIX running on an 11/03 with 8-inchers, I am astounded
at the power of these 'primitive' machines.  
   Of course, if you have nothing else to do with them, you could
give them to me.  I could always use another one.  They make nice
coffee tables, if youm put them on their side :-).


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