Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:41:02 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
To: Milo Velimirovic <milov@toes.its.uwlax.edu>
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Subject: Re: PDP-11 Newbie Alert --- (gotta start somewhere)
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On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Milo Velimirovic wrote:

> QBUS 11/2 11/03 11/23 11/53 11/73 11/83
> Unibus 11/05 11/10 11/15 11/20 11/24 11/3411/35 11/40 11/44 11/45 11/55 11/60 11/70 11/84...

Two additions to make the list officially complete:

QBUS: 11/93
Unibus: 11/94

The last PDP-11s by DEC.

Then you have the never-11s. (See the FAQ.)

> Odd numbered machines where the odd digit is a 5 are usually a Unibus machine.
> (They're also old and will eat you out of house and home with their appetite
> for electricity. :) 

They are also normally just about the same machine as the next number in
line, but for OEM markets.

11/05 - 11/10
11/15 - 11/20
11/35 - 11/40

> Has anyone looked at the possibility of retrofitting older pdp11's with modern
> switching power supplies to ease the electricity demands...?  
> (donning asbestos suit in anticipation of cries of "heretic" and "Frankenstein"...)

:-)

Well, as far as I know, all of the already have switching supplies...
Possibly not the 11/15 and 11/20, but if anyone has one of those, and
makes such a modification, I *will* brand him as an heretic. :-)

	Johnny

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