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From: anneser@pwa-b.UUCP (Dean Anneser)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: PDP-11/55's still running strong
Message-ID: <143@pwa-b.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 09:02:18 EST
Article-I.D.: pwa-b.143
Posted: Thu Oct 29 09:02:18 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 07:17:17 EST
Organization: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, E. Hartford, CT
Lines: 19
Keywords: RT-11, simulations

We have 7 of these beasties, and they're still running strong.  The memory
configuration is 0-32kw bipolar, and 32-124kw bipolar.  We keep the time-
critical code in the bipolar.  DEC has never produced a faster PDP-11.
We have benchmarked and are currently using the 11/73, 11/83, and 11/84,
and the 11/55 will still run circles around them.  And, with the use of
a bus converter, it is possible to use newer, and less expensive QBUS
interfaces on these systems.

If anyone is about to get toss an 11/55, let me know.  I'll jump in my
truck, and haul it away for you.

Cheers !


-- 
Dean W. Anneser
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
East Hartford, CT  06108
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