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From: mcculley@alien.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: What is a DEC Professional?
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Date: 19 Sep 90 18:43:08 GMT
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In article <1990Sep17.222356.1448@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, gp15@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Gerald Pulver) writes...
> 
>I have just acquired a DEC model 350 IVIS "Professional".  I have yet to
>hook it up and power it up... and I really don't know what it is.  What 
>operating system will it run? What sort of CPU does it have?  (the 
>documentation I have is rather limited)

The CPU is the F-11 chip set, as used in the LSI-11/23, with optional floating
point (which later became standard).  It runs P/OS, a brain-damaged variant of
RSX-11M-PLUS, and other PDP-11 software.

The IVIS was "Interactive Video Instructional System" which allowed the use of
a LaserDisc video source in conjunction with the system, with interactive
control for instructional use.  That was an interesting multimedia
implementation, which you probably will not be able to take advantage of
(unless you're a real serious hacker, in which case you have got yourself a
wonderful toy!  also in which case, contact me via e-mail).

Bruce McCulley
Digital Equipment Corp.
Corporate Software Engineering