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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: Anybody out there? |
| Date | 2015-09-19 14:31 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mtk9ir$hg3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <55f92636$0$3310$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <mthnl8$rdb$1@dont-email.me> <1781635872464305228.334451mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com> <mtjv7i$8fd$2@dont-email.me> <mtk6gs$4iu$1@dont-email.me> |
On 9/19/2015 1:37 PM, Gordon Henderson wrote: > In article <mtjv7i$8fd$2@dont-email.me>, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How do they fix them when they *do* break? No computer runs forever. I >> can't see how the Nuke plants could be running on PDP11s. They haven't >> been made for decades. Where do they get their spares? > > Try googling for pdp11 emulators. You'll find many - with commercial > support. You'll even find PC ISA/PCI cards that emulate the PDP11 buses > and interfaces. There is still a market for this stuff in old industrial > control systems. > > A PDP11 is not that complex - unlike modern PCs it's easily within > the scope of a single person to understand the entire circuitry - > if neccessary. Who many people still do, or are willing to learn > may be another matter. Oh, I know how simple they are. Very similar to the MSP430, just a LOT bigger. -- Rick
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