I'm looking forward to seeing this kit come together. I missed the PDP days. I worked on was a DEC VAX (for a class), and that was just as an end user for a class. I also have some experience on the end-user side with IBM Mainframes. Those were dark days in my work history at a large insurance company.
Thanks Jeremy, I am actually getting ready to start the next part this afternoon or tomorrow. I will be soldering on most of the components to the PCB. I'm not sure if I will be able to add the four RS-232 ports however, since I am still waiting for the parts.
In my second job (1977 through 1981), I worked for DEC as a Field Engineer and repaired the entire line of PDP-11's, with the 11/70 being my favorite to work on. Then from 1981 through 1987, I was a corporate software support Engineer (and it helped I knew the hardware very well), followed by a systems programmer, on that same line of systems. The software (including the Operating System) was custom created by that company. I should make a video (or hold a live stream) just talking about some of my experiences back then as first a hardware then a software engineer.
I'm looking forward to seeing this kit come together. I missed the PDP days. I worked on was a DEC VAX (for a class), and that was just as an end user for a class.
I also have some experience on the end-user side with IBM Mainframes. Those were dark days in my work history at a large insurance company.
Thanks Jeremy, I am actually getting ready to start the next part this afternoon or tomorrow. I will be soldering on most of the components to the PCB. I'm not sure if I will be able to add the four RS-232 ports however, since I am still waiting for the parts.
Very cool David, thank you. This should be a great build.
Thanks for watching and the comment. I started videoing the next part today, and will try to get it uploaded this weekend.
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I have heard about the PDP11 but never seen one.
In my second job (1977 through 1981), I worked for DEC as a Field Engineer and repaired the entire line of PDP-11's, with the 11/70 being my favorite to work on. Then from 1981 through 1987, I was a corporate software support Engineer (and it helped I knew the hardware very well), followed by a systems programmer, on that same line of systems. The software (including the Operating System) was custom created by that company.
I should make a video (or hold a live stream) just talking about some of my experiences back then as first a hardware then a software engineer.