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|    Fabio Bizzi to Andrei Dzedolik    |
|    PDP-11 OS expirience    |
|    15 Oct 21 11:11:24    |
      REPLY: 2:463/1331.1 616958ea       MSGID: 2:335/364.1 616948e3       CHRS: UTF-8 4       TZUTC: 0200       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2021-05-15       Hello Andrei!              15 Oct 21 10:26, you wrote to All:               AD> Does anyone here had real        AD> expirience with the PDP-11 machines and can suggest good starting OS?        AD> Any sugggestions are welcome as well as any docs/refrences/etc :)              RSX-11M-PLUS and RSTS are the best "native" OS available on PDPs, IMHO.       Unix was born on a PDP, so I think that V7 can be also a nice choice. :)              I'm running a SIMH PDP11/93 with RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 with free login on Internet       if you want go a walk through.       It runs the TCP/IP stack developed (and still fully maintained) by Johnny       Billquist.              Telnet to gnappy.bizzi.org , username guest, password luther, you can login       with "hello guest" :)               .-"---.       __..---.. / \ Welcome TO        /\___.-'./\''--..____..--'' ____ _ _ _ ____ ______ __       `-. \/ O) (O \/ ''--.._ / ___| \ | | / \ | _ \| _ \ \ / /        __ | (_) | _.-'-._ | | _| \| | / _ \ | |_) | |_) \ V /        / / __/\\___//\__ ..--''-._ | |_| | |\ |/ ___ \| __/| __/ | |        | (_/\ \/`---'\/ /\ `-._ \____|_| \_/_/ \_\_| |_| |_|       _.-\ \/ \ \ / / \.-'-._        /\| / -| |- \ \ `-._ A PDP 11/93 Series (SIMH)        | || /\ -| |- /\ \ `-. Running RSX11M+ V4.6 and Decnet V4.1        \/|_/ | -|_\- |/ / and BQTCP/IP V2.4 by Johnny Billquist        \ \ / /B_B\ \\ / A member of the Italian Retro DECnet        / ( \_/ _ \_/ \/ Network Node: 1.133       .__\ \ / | \_/ http://decnet.ipv7.net        ) /''-| __ | __ |        |( \ | /---...___ GUEST login with password "LUTHER"        /| /____|____\ '-._ To log in, type "HELLO" or "LOGIN"        || | || | For more help, type "HELP"        \\ ///\\//\\\       jro \| oOO(_)(_)OOo Have a nice day                            >hello guest              For the references, I think that the best places are bitsavers,        tp://ftp.update.uu.se , http://mim.update.uu.se , http://www.rsts.org,       https://www.9track.net              I'm writing a tutorial on my website http://mimac.bizzi.org , but sorry, it's       only in italian. :)              Ciao!       Fabio       --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: ]\/[imac Rebirth Boss Point (2:335/364.1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 18/200 30/0 80/1 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 154/10 218/700 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 702 229/424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 452 664 700 981 240/1120 5832 249/1 206 317 400       SEEN-BY: 261/38 280/464 282/464 1038 292/854 301/0 1 101 113 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 331/313 333/808 335/206 364 370 341/66 342/200 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 920/1 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 335/364 301/1 229/426           |
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