I missed the part of the thread about the memory being disabled. I think the 11/05/10 is the only PDP-11 with a few registers on the CPU that you can run short routines. I also like the built is console SLU.
Paul On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:18 PM Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 06/07/2019 06:19 PM, Mister PDP via cctalk wrote: > > Wow, I wasn't aware that the ODT console needed memory to run. Checking > on > > my board, it looks like the 4kw was disabled. I plugged in my 32kw module > > with my M8017-AA, and it fired right up to ODT without a hassle. Seems > that > > was the issue all along. > > > > > Oh, of course! You can do very elementary checking of a > switch-and-lights PDP-11 with no memory, but creating any > sort of useful program that will run using only ROM and the > 8 registers would be VERY challenging. I suspect you might > be able to get it to print some text on the terminal, but > not a whole lot more. Obviously, no way to call a subroutine > without a stack. > > Well, glad you found it! > > Jon >
