The REVIVER-11 is a turnkey system that emulates a complete PDP11 on a Windows PC. The PDP11 CPU and memory are emulated by a PC-based Co-Processor board, and the PDP11 peripherals are emulated by mapping their functionality onto their most similar counterpart inside the Windows PC.

The Co-Processor recognizes native PDP11 binary instructions, so the REVIVER-11 will execute all existing PDP11 software, regardless of Operating System.

The REVIVER-11 is hosted by an industrial-strength Windows/2000 or Windows/XP PC. An exact model of the real PDP11 hardware, the REVIVER-11 utilizes a Co-Processor and the versatile Windows API (Application Programming Interface) to create a PC-based PDP11. Peripheral devices on the PC emulate similar PDP11 devices. For example, the PC's hard drive replaces the PDP11 hard drive (RL02, RA81, etc), the PC's COM ports replace the PDP11 serial Mux cards (DZ11, DHV11, etc), the PC NIC emulates the PDP11 Ethernet adapter (DEQNA , DELQA, etc), etc. The REVIVER-11 executes PDP11 applications directly on the Windows PC - the original PDP11 binary code is copied to the PC and executed by the Co-Processor inside a 32-bit Windows application. The PDP11 code is executed as-is by the Co-Processor. Your PDP11 Operating System (RSX, RT11, RSTS, etc) boots as it normally boots and your PDP11 applications run as they normally run.

Your original PDP11 source code is not required!

For PDP11 systems with custom or proprietary QBUS/UNIBUS I/O cards that must remain with the system, we offer a rackmount chassis option which contains a built-in QBUS or UNIBUS backplane and an integrated Windows PC. A high speed Fibrechannel Adapter connects the QBUS/UNIBUS backplane slots to the Co-Processor Board. One compact, complete assembly will replace a roomful of old hardware!

FEATURES

•  Replaces legacy PDP11 systems transparently with modern, PC-based technology.
•  Improves system reliability and performance.
•  Provides a path to total application migration to a PC-based platform.
•  Application source code is not required for the conversion.
•  Runs as a standard Windows application that can co-exist with other Windows applications.
•  The PDP11 system and application software are stored as disk image files, allowing for easy file management and backups.
•  The REVIVER-11 includes emulation of the PDP11 DEQNA/DELQA Ethernet adapters and integral support for Comware's popular LANSPEED network software for RSX11.


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