Subject: Re: DECronyms - was Test kernel available
To: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
From: James Lothian <simul8@simul8.demon.co.uk>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/17/2001 16:16:19
Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> > At 11:34 AM 1/16/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >DELQA - ? ? it superseded the DEQNA, is LQA LAN Qbus Adaptor?
> >
> > "Lance" QBus adapter
>
> Sounds good. I'll buy it. :-)
>
> Anyhow. The original DExNA uses a PDP-11, while the DELxA uses a 68000
> processor on board.
>
Erm, not quite... The deuna was a T-11, but the deqna was some sort of
mask-programmed 8085 variant, I think? Definitely not an 11, though. DEC
seemed to have a noticeable fondness for the 8085 at the time.
James