On Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 5:36 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> They were interesting little devices. Apparently someone ported > Multiplan or Visicalc to one but Dec shot the project down. They were > essentially a turnkey personal computer in the late 1970's but DEC was > afraid they would cut into the sales of their minicomputers. > > So it was sold as a branch office terminal connector. You could boot > RT11 and poll 4 terminals and a printer, sending the data over a sync > serial modem port to the home office. Sad. > > Fortunately Dec wouldn't make the same mistake with the Professional > systems. Oh wait, they did, no wonder they went out of business.... > They made all new kinds of mistakes you never thought possible with the pro, decmate and rainbow. Warner C > > On 4/26/2020 6:31 PM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > > At 03:33 PM 4/26/2020, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > >> So I've had a boat anchor pdt11/150 here for awhile. It's probably one > of the weirdest pdp11s ever built: An 11/03 CPU ish, six serial ports, ish, > and a pair of RX01 drives. > > > > I remember using one for a while in the early 80s. I kind of liked it. > > I think the local DEC rep gave it to us for a song for some reason. > > > > - John > > >