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I am looking for a used set of CIS (Commercial Instruction Set) chips for a PDP11/24+. Has anyone got such they would sell? Jerry

I'll get it on the way to you shortly. No prob on postage. Hope it works for you. Jerry

Thanks, Joe. Since I have no need to further clutter up my office landscape, I will pass on your offer of the manual. Now, if no one wants a VT640 modification for their VT100, I will pitch the add-on board. Any takers?? It's free!! Jerry

Well, Joe, I don't know. Is the VT640 compatible with ANYTHING? Like REGIS, maybe? Sounds like it is an add-on that has had it's day. (As if VT-100 wasn't a clue). Jerry

I recently rescued a couple of VT-100's from the salvage yard for parts. One of them had an extra circuit board inside by Digital Engineering, and a logo of `RETRO-GRAPHICS'. When attempting to use this gadget with an RSX-11M TT driver, I would get some interesting and strange results. The…

600,000 PDP-11 sold, huh? Well, that is certainly a rexpectable number of computers, but obviously not at the level of `PC' style gadgets. I had privately told myself there were probably less than half-million. Hmmm, recalling the old Volvo ads, I wonder how many of'em are still running? Thanks, Jerry.

Sadly, Bill, 'tis true. While I am pleased that computing has moved out of the back rooms of institutions, frequently to the kitchen table, I sure wish DEC had been able to participate more fully in this `brave new world'. And then they sneak off and get married to Radio…

For only `two cents', you have done a remarkable job of expressing my own opinions regarding unix and other similar derivitives. I sat up with more interest, however, when you suggested the relative numbers of PC's and PDP11's that are `out there'. Can you cite any sources for the number…