23 Jun
2019
23 Jun
'19
6:16 p.m.
We always referred to CSS as the DEC kludge department.
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On Jun 22, 2019, at 22:37, Rudi Blom
<rudi.j.blom(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Probably already known, but to be sure
Interesting options: MX11 - Memory Extension Option: this enabled the
usage of 128 KW memory (18-bit addressing range); KS11: this option
provided hardware memory protection, which the plain /20 lacked. Both
options were developed by the Digital CSS (Computer Special Systems).
http://hampage.hu/pdp-11/1120.html
PS the page listed below has a very nice picture of the 'two fathers
of UNIX" working on a PDP-11/20
http://hampage.hu/unix/unix1.html