[pups] PDP-11 / vacuum tube interface
Kevin McQuiggin
mcquiggi at sfu.ca
Thu Dec 11 10:04:07 AEST 2008
One could always build "a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives
and bearskins"...
For those Trekkies out there...
Kevin
On 10-Dec-08, at 1:25 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
> If the intent was to be the first one to wed computers and vacuum
> tubes,
> you have missed the boat by several decades. I, and I am sure many
> others
> did it long ago. I ran HF AX.25 Packet Radio on my Heathkit HW-101.
>
> Of course, if the desire is to wed the PDP-11 and vacuum tubes, if it
> hasn't been done already the same could be done. I would bet I could
> put an old version of the KA9Q software on a PDP-11 running BSD or
> even
> Ultrix-11. And then, fire up my HW-101 (yes, I still have it) and the
> deed is done. Of course, I could also use my HF rig which is also of
> the vacuum tube genre. Drake Twins. :-)
>
> bill
>
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> wolves
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