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Article #625524Re: PDP 11/40 system manual
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 22:16
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 22:16
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Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> writes: >On 8/9/2018 1:45 PM, Rich Alderson wrote: >> Elliott Roper <nos...@yrl.co.uk> writes: >> >>> On 8 Aug 2018, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote >>> (in article<21aaeee8-c41a-4442...@googlegroups.com>): >> >>>> Bitsavers uploaded the system manual for the PDP 11/40. >> >>>> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/1140/DEC-11-H40SA-A-D_PDP-11_40_System_ >>>> manual.pdf >> >>>> 358 pages, undated. >> >>> Thanks. Unbounded nostalgia. Was there ever a more elegant computer than a >>> PDP-11? >> >> Yes, many. >> > >*Not* that I disagree... but which other computers do you find elegant??? B6700. B3500. HP-3000. And the epitome of the CISC processor, the VAX-11.
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