31 Dec
2024
31 Dec
'24
3:26 p.m.
Hi Mark,
Ooo! Awesome! It turns out my setup is missing a lot of things so
rebuilding drivers doesn't seem to work. I am looking at redoing the
install in a SIMH pdp11 to see if I can get a more complete installation.
But this looks like it should solve the immediate problem. I will
definitely try this later today when I get back home from work.
Thank you!
- Peter
On Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 10:14 AM Mark Matlock <mark(a)matlockfamily.com>
wrote:
Peter,
I just set up a pregenned RL02 based RSX11M+ and took a look at the DD
driver. It is a vectored driver and needs to have the /VEC switch to tell
it not to use the default RSX11M.STB but instead use RSXVEC.STB
I was able to load the DDDRV with:
LOA DD:/VEC/PAR=GEN/HIGH
The /PAR=GEN overrides trying to put the driver in DRVPAR that won’t have
room for it unless you reVMR
The /HIGH puts the driver at highest available memory in GEN to avoid
fragmenting the memory in GEN
Best,
Mark
On Dec 30, 2024, at 4:21 PM, Peter Ekstrom <epekstrom(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mark,
Thank you so much for this information! Seeing this, I was on the right
track but was missing a few items.
I typed this into a file on the PDP and ran it, but now it turns out I
don't have the RSX11M.OLB file, so I guess I am just going to have to work
on getting the sysgen stuff onto my disk.
Again, thank you very much for the info!
-Peter
On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 3:20 PM Mark Matlock <mark(a)matlockfamily.com>
wrote:
Peter,
The command file below is from a SYSGEN driver build of DDDRV from my
system but I think it should work for yours. Note that OU: is defined by
the SYSGEN process and should be set as a logical to your system disk
(DL0:) or perhaps more simply just edited to be SY: Also, note that it uses
RSXVEC.STB which should work on the pregenned RL02 RSX11M+.
[200,200]DDDRVBLD.CMD
;
; DDDRVBLD.CMD -- RSX-11M-PLUS loadable DD: driver build command file
;
; Created on 01-NOV-2024 at 14:00:05
;
OU:[1,54]DDDRV/-MM/-HD,SY:[1,34]DDDRV/SH/-SP,OU:[1,54]DDDRV=
SY:[1,24]RSX11M/LB:DDDRV:DDTAB
LB:[3,54]RSXVEC.STB/SS
LB:[1,1]EXELIB/LB
/
STACK=0
PAR=DRVPAR:120000:20000
/
If for some reason you need to assemble the DDDRV driver below is the
SYSGEN produced assembly command files.
[200,200]DDDRVASM.CMD
;
; DDDRVASM.CMD -- RSX-11M-PLUS loadable DD: driver assembly command file
;
; Created on 01-NOV-2024 at 12:56:02
;
OU:[11,24]DDDRV,LS:[11,34]DDDRV/-SP=IN:[1,1]EXEMC/ML,[11,10]RSXMC/PA:1,DDDRV
OU:[11,24]DDTAB,LS:[11,34]DDTAB/-SP=IN:[1,1]EXEMC/ML,[11,10]RSXMC/PA:1,DDTAB
Good Luck,
Mark
1. I need some RSX11M+ TKB help (Peter Ekstrom)
*From: *Peter Ekstrom <epekstrom(a)gmail.com>
*Subject: **[cctalk] I need some RSX11M+ TKB help*
*Date: *December 29, 2024 at 6:21:46 PM CST
*To: *"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
*Reply-To: *"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
I have RSX11M+ 4.6 BL87 installed and running on my real PDP 11/23+ and
have gotten DECnet to work as well. But recently a need to access a TU58
tape has come up, and turns out the DD driver on disk isn't built against
the correct RSX11M.STB file. So I need to, I guess, recreate the DDDRV.TSK
file. I have tried some very simplistic TKB commands but keep getting an
error saying a required file is missing.
I don't have the sysgen stuff on this disk... What I have comes from the
pregenned RL02 image.
Does anyone know how the TKB command line should look for this? I know, I
am looking for the easy way out. I have skimmed through some manuals but
nothing has stood out to me (I'm sure I missed it).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Peter