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There's an active and deep spares market for PDP-11s, and most of the key components (processor, mmu, bus controller) have open-source cores available for subst
by chalst 13y ago
There's an active and deep spares market for PDP-11s, and most of the key components (processor, mmu, bus controller) have open-source cores available for substitution - I don't think these plants are at the mercy of whoever now owns the relevant DEC IP.
See http://opencores.org/project,w11,news http://opencores.org/project,w11,news
- saalweachter 13y agoShouldn't the patents have all expired by now?
- diroussel 13y agoEven if a patent has expired, you still have to get hold of the designs, schmatics and specifications.