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Subject: Re: pdp-11's
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.094001.48197@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 24 Jun 91 09:40:01 MDT
References: <1991Jun22.041102.1509@spcvxb.spc.edu> <2RTZ41w163w@zl2tnm.gp.co.nz>
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In article <2RTZ41w163w@zl2tnm.gp.co.nz>, don@zl2tnm.gp.co.nz (Don Stokes) writes:
> But of course a Pro or PDT or whatever that isn't either Qbus or Unibus
> *isn't* a PDP-11.  To quote an old Digital publication:
> 
>         "When an LSI processor board is package with a backplane, power
>          supply and rack mountable box, DIGITAL considers it a member of
>          the outstanding PDP-11 family."
>  
> Conversely, if it hasn't got a backplane, and not in a rackmountable
> box (a BA23 is rackmountable), it's not a PDP-11.

Nope. That just makes it a member of the average, everyday PDP-11 family, as
opposed to the outstanding PDP-11 family. :-)

Roger Ivie
slsw2@cc.usu.edu