Wanted: PDP-11 Unibus Ethernet interface from Xerox, c. 1981

Rich Alderson RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
Tue Mar 31 14:18:50 CDT 2015


We've been talking about how to put our Alto(s) on the net, with IFS running
on TOPS-20.  We'd be very interested.

                                                                Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:24 AM
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Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Wanted: PDP-11 Unibus Ethernet interface from Xerox, c. 1981

    > From: Al Kossow

    > I have several of them.

Wow. I'm totally stunned! Do you have any 3-Mbit transceivers to go with them?

If you (or anyone) need, I can provide old code for an IP/PUP router to
connect a 3-Mbit Ethernet to a 10-Mbit (if you want to put, say, an Alto on
the Internet - not sure if they ever did a 10-Mbit card for the Altos). It
would need either a UNIBUS 11, or a QBUS 11 and a QBUS->UNIBUS converter. (The
DEC one is UNIBUS->QBUS, so would not help us.)

    > Anyone still have Unibus Chaosnet cards?

Another rara avis! (I don't remember if they ever made any QBUS ones.)

	Noel


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