[pups] Suitable PDP11s, in the UK

Toby Thain toby at smartgames.ca
Sat Nov 17 23:08:32 AEST 2007


On 2-Nov-07, at 11:59 AM, Bob Eager wrote:

> ** Reply to note from Brantley Coile <brantley at coraid.com> Fri, 2  
> Nov 2007 09:42:47 -0400
>
>> Wes,
>> Is this the book you are thinking of?
>>
>> http://research.microsoft.com/users/gbell/Computer_Engineering/ 
>> index.html
>
> Probably was!
>
> I just bought a copy on eBay a couple of weeks ago, and have just  
> read it
> cover to cover.

There's more than one edition. I bought both but I don't have them  
with me here to provide details. It's worth also finding the other  
one, as it has a different cross-section of designs.

Should be easily found on abebooks.com, bibliofind etc.

--Toby

> A bit dry at the start, but fascinating...I starting using
> PDP11s back in 1972. (an 11/20)
>
> And used what I think was the first v6 UNIX system in England...
>
>
>
> Bob
>
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