[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[ChrisQ]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:

> 
> ISTR reading about PDP-11 systems being used in Air Traffic Control. . . 

I think that was at West Drayton in the uk and they were dec system 
20's, from what i've been told. Dovebid ran an auction of their standby 
generator systems and infrastructure recently. Several 1 and 1/2 
megawatt diesel sets. Those old systems certainly drew the power :-).

pdp11/05's were used for plant control in some of the early uk nuclear 
power stations. Some years ago, I liberated an 11/05 from a scrap yard 
and the cpu bus was stuck. The local dec dealer told me that all the 
11/05 sets were earmarked for the industry and eventually had to debug 
the board with a scope. A single 8640 bus driver turned out to be the 
culprit...

Chris