Subject: Is HSC90 a PDP-11 or what?
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org, classiccmp@classiccmp.org>
From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/24/2001 21:48:50
Who knows what processor/architecture an HSC90 is? Is it a PDP-11?
What's it's bus? Sounds like it doesn't mix with UNIBUS or Q-BUS
cards at least not looking at the card numbers "Lxxxx" (HSC) vs.
"Mxxxx" (UNIBUS/Q-BUS).

The reason I'm asking is that I'm looking for the most multi-
use of my big-iron hardware that takes up so much space. I believe
I  will be able to run the console computer of my future 11/78x
as a PDP-11. Would be nice if this is possible with the HSC90
as well. I would like to:

- provide a PDP-11/RSX-11 environment for my neighbor to play
   with without getting a dedicated PDP-11. Probably I can do that
   in the future with the LSI-11 of the VAX 11/78x that hopefully
   some day will decorate my garage.

- try running 2.9 BSD on a PDP-11. Not knowing much about
   2.x BSD, I could imagine making the HSC90 into a UNIX-based
   file server or something.

regards,
-Gunther


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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@regenstrief.org
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Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
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