Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!udel!rochester!pt!sei!sei.cmu.edu!pdb From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: What do I do with a 11/03 ?? Message-ID: <1915@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 23:34:05 EDT Article-I.D.: aw.1915 Posted: Thu Jul 16 23:34:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 10:42:33 EDT References:Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Reply-To: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Barron) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa Lines: 14 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.