PDP 11

Uses

Some OEM models were also frequently used as embedded systems to control complex systems like traffic-light systems, medical systems, numerical controlledmachining, or for network management. An example of such use of PDP-11s was the management of the packet switched network Datanet 1. In the 1980s, the UK's air traffic control radar processing was conducted on a PDP 11/34 system known as PRDS – Processed Radar Display System at RAF West Drayton. The software for the Therac-25 medical linear particle accelerator also ran on a 32K PDP-11/23.