< In the case of this SMS-1000 and it's wierd disk controller I suspect th
< it might be able to emulate the RX02 on a 5.25" disk, which was the reas
< for the original statement. However, I've got a second SMS-1000 that wa
< Identical to this one, prior to my changing some stuff, that is differen
< only in that it has a 8" drive.
Maybe but more likely it was an 8" drive so that RX02 media could actually
be read.
The use of ODD drives to simulate a different media was common enough but
it was generally done to allow use of older software that was media
dependent.
Allison
In a message dated 98-08-23 14:33:15 EDT, you write:
<< Anyone who wants a copy by email, let me know. If you have a PC or are
using
UNIX (anything other than a Mac), tell me what kind of compression to use (I
can create a pkzip archive, if needed). >>
how about putting it somewhere like on a web page or something?
OK, it's become obvious to me that I'm not going to figure out how to
create a logical disk under RT-11. If someone would be so kind as to
explain the steps involved, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Zane
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>>Umm... 8" is what pretty much defines RX02s... I don't know of an RX02
>>which was other than 8"
>
>You gotta get out of the development world and into the real world
>a little more often, Megan :-). I do a lot of software development
>for ADAC NMR (aka MRI) scanners that run a heavily modified RT-11 V4,
>where the 5.25" 80-track floppies are basically treated as if they
>were double-sided RX02's. (i.e. the geometry only uses 77 tracks,
>and actually skips the first track, just like a real RX02!)
That may be (about getting out of the development world...) but
my statement stands. A true RX02 is pretty much defined as being
an 8" floppy... you said so yourself in this response by saying that
it was 'treated as if' it were an RX02... But the fact is that a
3.5" or 5.25" (or some size other than 8") device which is 'treated
as if' it were an RX02 *IS NOT* an RX02.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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>OK, I've got the RX02 virtual disk images I want on my 486 (it's the one
>with the 1.2Mb floppy, booted into DOS, and started up 'putr'. I made a
>RX50 using putr, and go to copy the smltcp.dsk image to the RX50.
>Unfortunatly it complains that there isn't enough room. I take it that a
>RX50 is less than 500k? I think the image is 492k.
An RX50 is 400Kbytes.
>Is there some way that I can split the disk images and then recombine them
>once I've got them copied over to the /73?
You may as well just copy half the files on each RX02 image to one
RX50, and the other half of the files to a second RX50.
Rather than juggling floppies around all day, why not just
Kermit the TCP/IP disk images into your -11?
Tim.
>DECsystem-10 fiche? Which 10?
>If you pitch that, I'll personally show up and disembowel you with a
>blunt object. :)
I felt the same way... I asked whether it was software fiche or
hardware fiche... I am working on lining up a KS10 for myself
and was interested in it...
I have a set of fiche which contains the listings of TOPS-10, some
version (I don't remember which), and utilities... I won't be
getting rid of that anytime soon (if ever). But I'm interested
in whatever hardware fiche I can get...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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| Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler |
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If you are interested in the PET or can help him on the Micro Craft
email Terry direct as he isn't on this list that I know of.
_________________________
Terry Yager <tyager(a)match.org>
Flint, MI USA - Sunday, August 23, 1998 at 21:07:24
Commodore PET 2001 Series Professional Computer, Model #2001-8N.
Computer only, no
software/peripherals. Runs ROM Based BASIC. Looks great. Best offer
over $100.
_________________________
Terry Yager <tyager(a)match.org>
Flint, MI USA - Sunday, August 23, 1998 at 19:30:51
Need software/documentation/any info in re: Micro Craft Dimension
68000 computer, manufactured c.1984 by
Micro Craft Computer Co., Dallas, TX. Arcticles. reviews, etc. also
appreciated. TNX.
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Hi Huw,
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> From: Huw Davies <H.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Odd Q-Bus questions 18/22bit
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 9:02 PM
> Well a quick look through the engineering archives at work didn't lead to
> anything describing Qbus in any more detail.
What information about the q-bus do you need ?
cheers,
emanuel
