Re: 1977: PDP ties together emergency reporting network

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From: m. thompson
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:16

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On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 3:59:36 PM UTC-4, han...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> PDP 11/10 and 11/40 computers used to route Chicago's emergency calls
> in 1977.
> 
> article at:
> https://books.google.com/books?id=3AcUztjLOHcC&lpg=PA55&dq=bell%20telephone%20police&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Rhode Island Computer Museum has a pair if PDP-11/45 systems that were part of the Brooklyn fire dispatch system. The DV11 and DH11 serial controllers were connected to fire pull boxes.

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