PDP-11 joins the next millenium You 've spent a lot of money on your manufacturing equipment and it works fine. Only the embedded minicomputer, with its tired old disks has come to the end of its product life and you don't know how long you can keep it running ... ... and the millenium is finishing ...           ... and you have to prepare for Y2K ...
Problem:
Old PDP-11	Advantages:  1. Debugged software 2. Trained operators 3. Presently produktive.	Disadvantages:  1. Increasing service 2. Decreasing productivity 3. Electrical power     consumption 4. Excessive floorspace 5. Nearing end of life
Solutions:
Replace with a new PDP-11	Advantages:  1. Debugged software 2. Trained operators 3. Immediately produktive. 4. Less maintenance 5. Less electrical power	Disadvantages:  1. No new features 2. No PC - PDP-11     file transfers 3. No future improvements 4. No migration path
Port to a new plattform	1. New software 2. Higher productivity 3. Less floor space 4. New features 5. Less electrical power	1. Expensive developement 2. Uncertain availability 3. Requested operator    training
Use CHARON-11	1. Debugged software 2. Trained operators 3. Immediately produktive. 4. Less maintenance 5. Less electrical power 6. Less floor space 7. Higher performance 8. Data accessible by PCs 9. Edit PDP-11 Code on PC 10. Continuing PC    improvements 11 Migration possibilities

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