8 Nov
2023
8 Nov
'23
7:07 p.m.
On Nov 8, 2023, at 1:54 PM, ben via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2023-11-07 7:05 p.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Come one, don't hide you are a CLOSET COBOL PROGRAMMER.
Not me, but my younger sister is an expert (RPG also). She observed that "COBOL is
the programming language that gives you writer's cramp".
On Nov 7,
2023, at 8:49 PM, Paul Koning <pa0pkg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi... I'm seriously rusty on official RSTS installation procedures. I'm trying
to install DEC C using the C_V1_2.tap file from the bitsavers bits/DEC/pdp11/rsts
directory. It's actually a TPC file, in spite of what the extension suggests. Once I
supply the correct format, SIMH recognizes it and RSTS can see the tape contents.
Then I try @[0,1]install c81. Point to the tape, answer the destination, and then it
asks me for the "library" tape and complains when I give it the C tape again
(labels don't match).
So what is it looking for? Does anyone have the C installation procedure handy?
paul
Never mind... (a) C81 is COBOL (!!) not C. And I found the C installation
manual on STUPI. Off & running now.
paul Will COBOL (C81) run on a regular 11, or does it need
to be upgraded?
I don't remember. Possibly it can use CIS if present but I don't think it
requires that.
paul