Rebooting A Retro PDP-11 Workstation - and Its Classic 'Venix' UNIX

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By EditorDavidMar 22, 2025, 3:34 pm195 ptsTop
This week the "Old Vintage Computing Research" blog published a 21,000-word exploration of the DEC PDP-11, the 16-bit minicomputer sold by Digital Equipment Corporation. Slashdot reader AndrewZX calls the blog post "an excellent deep dive" into the machine's history and capabilities "and the classic Venix UNIX…

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