Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Huge Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.sys.pdp11,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Date: 21 May 2014 10:35:57 GMT Organization: Piglet's Pickles & Preserves Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <20140519154416.487cd031.rsw@therandymon.com> <20140520111048.ea712fde.rsw@therandymon.com> Reply-To: usenet@huge.org.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IFuZyHHkgt8GPE0bETk9/wqsYuEfzxOdbBcqw3HcMMhizIQigH Cancel-Lock: sha1:VJfFsnNslbaOxqQSNTlBUV8GAQs= X-No-Archive: Yes User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-16 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2938 On 2014-05-20, Rob Brown wrote: > On 2014-05-20, Bob Eager wrote: >> On Tue, 20 May 2014 11:56:56 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >>> >>> I used a PDP11/40 many years back when at uny. (~79/80) The boot >>> sequence was slightly easier - probably why its etched into my memory: >>> >>> 173000 LA (Load Address) >>> START >>> >>> and I'm pretty sure that was it. > > Yes, having the ROM bootstrap loader simplified things a lot. > > Get out your pdp11 Programming Card (you still have yours, right?). I still have mine. I gave my PDP11 (a 23+) to the (UK) National Computer Museum. -- Today is Sweetmorn, the 68th day of Discord in the YOLD 3180 "I do not believe in revealed religion — I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on another." Lord Byron, 1778-1824, letter to Rev. Francis Hodgson, 1811