Do you have any idea how many PDP-11's were used by NASA for things like controlling deep space probes and putting men on the moon? A BBS is a vewry low demand task and could easily be handled by the smallest of the LSI-11 family.
bill ________________________________________ From: cctalk [cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] on behalf of Adrian Stoness via cctalk [cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 12:51 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11 So a 11/03 aka a lsi11 would be to slow for such things? Such as those Heathkit h11 lsi11 macheans? Witch was a hobyist pdp11 for those that are unfamiliar with the hearhkits On May 18, 2017 11:45 AM, "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 05/18/2017 08:16 AM, allison via cctalk wrote: > > > The real question is why BBS? What is it trying to fix or enable? > > You put the words into my mouth. Thank you. > > --Chuck > >