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From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron)
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Subject: Re: What do I do with a 11/03 ??
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Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 23:34:05 EDT
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In article  aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>An 11/03 can address 64k of memory.  As such, Xinu probably isn't a good
>idea.  For a machine like that, you're best off running rt11

Xinu was meant to be run on 11/03's or 11/02's, but it just plain doesn't
*do* much.  It provides some multi-tasking, but it hardly has a file system,
and its compiler isn't self-hosting (you need a VAX to compile your systems
and download them).

Xinu would be real good if you're interested in using the 11/03 to run some
dedicated applications (process control, or something like that).  For
general use, I agree, RT-11 is the way to go.

--Pat.