[cctalk] Re: Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there

On Aug 4, 2023, at 12:33 PM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: I did some testing on the image sets using simh. I had to prepare the images first using lbn2rx50 <http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/>, because simh expects them to be in logical order. Results: ULTRIX-11 V3.0: All images good MicroRSTS V2.1: The third image throws an error: *sim> ATT RQ2 RSTS21-3.RX5%SIM-INFO: RQ2: 'RSTS21-3.RX5' Contains a RSTS File system%SIM-INFO: RQ2: Pack ID: MICR3 Revision Level: 1.2 Pack Clustersize: 1%SIM-INFO: RQ2: Last Unallocated Sector In File System: 799sim> c?Error opening Backup set?Device hung or write lockedMount volume 3 on device _DU2:Press RETURN when ready:* MicroRSX V2.1: Have not found out yet which one of the images is the one to start with. Is the image set complete? I thought that RSX4-I.IMG <https://www.crystel.com/pdp/os/RSX4-I.IMG> was the one (with an I instead of a 1), but all I got was: *Trap stack push abort, PC: 000014 (000040)* Maybe that image is bad, too ... Ulli Am Do., 27. Juli 2023 um 00:55 Uhr schrieb Chris Zach via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt;gt;: > Ok, files are up on https://www.crystel.com/pdp/os and > https://www.crystel.com/pro350 > > MicroRSX, Ultrix11, MicroRSTS/E, and um spss > > On 7/26/2023 1:51 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote: >> Chris, >> I would be interested in getting a copy of the SSPS/X software for > POS. I have a manual for SPSS/11 and would love to try to get the software > running under RSX11M+ if possible. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark >> >>> On Jul 26, 2023, at 12:00 PM, cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote: >>> >>> From: Chris Zach &lt;cz(a)alembic.crystel.com <mailto:cz@alembic.crystel.com >>> >>> Subject: [cctalk] Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there >>> Date: July 26, 2023 at 9:30:10 AM CDT >>> To: CCTalk mailing list &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org <mailto: > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt;&gt; >>> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < > cctalk(a)classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> >>> >>> >>> Starting to go through my boxes of POS stuff. I know of course that 3.2 > is out there (minus the Pro/Communications option which has a bad disk in > the distro) however are these disks out there now? >>> >>> Pro/Venix 1.0 on floppies >>> POS V2.0a on floppies >>> >>> POS version 1.5 (with test diskette, maintenance application, a thing > called Pro/Pre labelled "Diskette system", system overview and instruction > disks) >>> >>> POS V1.7 (I have that here somewhere) >>> >>> Pro/Basic Version 1.0 and 1.2 >>> >>> SPSS/X For Professional (this is a really interesting one, anyone heard > of this?) >>> >>> If so let me know and I won't copy them. If not I'll go over to the > mighty Deskpro/XE and start sucking the data off for archives.... >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Chris >>> (Hoping to find old drivers or scaffolding or something that will give > me a hint into how DEC ported POS) >