[cctalk] Re: [List] Re: Fun with PDP11 Assembly Language

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Sep 13, 2025, at 12:35 PM, Milo Velimirović via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> On Sep 13, 2025, at 10:49 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk 
>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> On 9/11/2025 4:30 PM, Jim Davis via cctalk wrote:
>>> You can get an emulated 11/23 running 4.2 BSD for $3.00. That's crazy.
>> 
>> Can you tell me where?  With that glaring error I am really
>> interested in learning more.  Google finds nothing with those
>> terms.
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>> bill
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> It has to be hyperbole.
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> No pdp11 ran 4.x, the best you can do is 2.11— which is still being patched 
> and maintained; see the pidp-11 mailing list. Probably not $3.00, but $30.00 
> will get you a sytem on a DIP package that will emulate most anything. Spend 
> a bit more for a Pi4 or Pi5 if you want to drive a PiDP-11.

I would think a Raspberry Pico, which goes for $4, is enough of a processor to 
run SIMH.  Not a large config I suppose, and given that it's a bare metal 
system the port would be a bit of work.  But it seems doable.

        paul