{"id":432,"date":"2025-12-04T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:17:25","slug":"pdp-11-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/?p=432","title":{"rendered":"DEC Datasystem PDP-11\/23+"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fb72232d9ce&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fb72232d9ce\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2771-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A PDP-11\/23+ w\/ two RL02 (10MB) pack drives and a C.Itoh CIT-101 terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This PDP-11\/23+ comes from Earl Evans in Tigard, OR and has been kept in very good condition over the years. Earl had gone through a collection of dozens of RL02 10MB packs and put together a few with TSX and RT11 operating systems. Along with spare boards there is serial line cabling and bulkheads, a Qbus backplane and a PDP-11\/03 (unpopulated).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fb72232df7f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fb72232df7f\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2529-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" 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The Q-Bone is a powerful half width Q-BUS device with an integrated Beagle Bone built right on the board. It can provide several helpful features such as memory, tape and disk emulation. What we&#8217;d like to use this machine for is for software preservation of RL02 data and the ability to run RSTS\/e v9.5 with virtual terminal emulation listening on a TCP port. Once that is set up, we&#8217;ll likely keep the RL02s powered off and add the PDP-11\/23+ to the growing list of Vintage Remote Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fb72232fcf9&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fb72232fcf9\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/icm.museum\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2533-Large-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\" 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