On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Adrian Graham <wit...@binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote: >> Some others had a PRO as their console. Don't remember which models >> specifically. > The 8{3|5}50s our biggest customer used had Pro380 VAX CONSOLES
Not the 82xx/83xx, but the larger 85xx, 87xx and 88xx... Machines with a Nautilus bus, mostly. The 8200|8250|8300|8350 were more like a VAX-11/750 where the console "processor" was embedded into the CPU. > I remember > our main menu system looked odd on them since they had a bitmapped display. > I've still got one of them I think, can't remember the last time I powered > it up but I'm pretty sure it was running TSX-11. Nope. TSX-11 was not a DEC product. Pro350s and Pro380s (Pro325 didn't have a hard disk) usually ran P/OS, an RSX derivative for the Professional series. You could also get RT-11 for the Pro, as well as VENIX, but when used as a VAX console, it was P/OS and some menus/assets for being a console. It's not hard to repurpose them. -ethan