jb@falstaff.mae.cwru.edu (Jim Berilla) (01/08/91)
I've got an old 11/03 sitting here and must use it for something
or pitch it. Somewhere I read that fuzzballs are 11/03 based. (First
of all, is this correct?) I was wondering what it would take to turn
it into a time server.
I assume that I will need the following:
1. An ethernet card.
2. Stable clock source.
3. Radio clock.
4. Software.
This has got to be a low budget project. I probably won't get much
support from the university or my department. I can easily come up with
an OXCO for #2, and probably put together a WWVB receiver for #3. The
ethernet interface must be purchased (anyone have any leads?). Which
leaves #4. I'm at a total loss here. Where does one get the software?
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Jim Berilla / jb@falstaff.cwru.edu / 216-368-6776
"My opinions are my own, except on Wednesday mornings at 9 AM,
when my opinions are those of my boss."Mills@udel.edu (01/11/91)
Jim, While most of the fuzzware has been ported to every flavor of PDP11 and LSI-11 platform, portage, especially to the older models, is stuff that heroes make. I would not recommend the project unless you have 256K of memory, a modest amount of disk and at least EIS capability for the CPU. I don't think EIS (multiply/divide) was standard for the `03. While the fuzzware allegedly can be recompiled to do this in software, finding all the places I slipped up would be most tedious. Also, you need the RT-11 operating system in order to support the development. If you are still interested after all this, I would be glad to point you to the sources. However, you might have more fun porting the Unix daemon code to a PC. Dave