On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:01:24 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>> I tried to boot from the pack but
>> instead it came up in RT11SJ. What have I got here?
>TSX doesn't boot from "bare metal". It requires RT-11 there to boot. Once
>RT-11 boots, then you run TSX. At that point, TSX replaces most all of RT-11
>with itself - I don't think it leaves much of RT11 if any (in memory) after
>it loads.
>
>So... after RT-11 boots, do "R TSX"
>
>To modify accounts... "R TSAUTH"
>
>Jay West
Thanks, Jay! I did that and TSX-Plus Version 5.0 started right up.
It executes several small .com files and then put up a big splash
screen on the VT220 for "DBL/RT11/TSX by mumble mumble
Corporation" or something like that, but freezes halfway through
it and won't do anything until reboot.
Now I just need to download a TSX+ manual and figure out how to
remove/modify the startup files.
Is this disk something the list is interested in, or is it easy to
find a working TSX image elsewhere? (Regardless, I'm going to
preserve the disk since it's another OS to play with).
-Charles
Rich writes:
> I want to use a sheet of Plexiglas to make a case for my KIM-1.
> Fabrication isn?t a problem, but I wanted to open it up for
discussion about
> any static electricity issues. Should I be concerned about using
Plexi for
> this project or what recommendations do y?all have for mitigating
the
> possibility of damage.
The biggest problem, IMHO, of plexiglass is that static buildup
attracts
dust to the case :-).
That said, there are anti-static sprays and "static-dissipative" and
"anti-static" acrylic sheets available if you're worried about either
ESD damage or just all the dust!
I don't think it's sold by Rohm directly so you might want to use
"acrylic" rather than "Plexiglas" in google searches. McMaster-Carr
is a great place to get the stuff if you don't have a local plastic
shop that stocks it. (I used to have a really really good platic
shop in my neighborhood, but it got bought out by a national
chain and now the retail side sucks rocks.)
Tim.
The following error is sent via serial port #1 during Indigo 2 boot,
just after boot tune:
Exception: <vector=Normal>
Status register: 0x30044803<CU1,CU0,CH,IM7,IM4,IPL=???,MODE=KERNEL,EXL,IE>
Cause register: 0x8000c000<BD,CE=0,IP8,IP7,EXC=INT>
Exception PC: 0x9fc368f8, Exception RA: 0x9fc368d8
Interrupt exception
Bus Error ?
Local I/O interrupt register 0: 0x4 <SCSI1>
Local I/O interrupt register 2: 0xc8 <EISA,SLOT0,SLOT1>
Saved user regs in hex (&gpda 0xa8740e48, &_regs 0xa8741048):
arg: a8740000 20 20 12
tmp: a8740000 1f a8000000 8000000 a8746f78 0 ffffffff 4
sve: a8740000 c12dc13a 0 c0f9138a 0 c0edd9c9 0 bf077b8a
t8 a8740000 t9 c0dcea58 at 0
NESTED EXCEPTION #1 at EPC: 9fc24020; first exception at PC: 9fc368f8
Any idea what to do about this? What can be the reason, bad memory,
bad planar or CPU?
--
If you cut off my head, what would I say? Me and my head, or me and my body?
HALP!
I just decided to attack a micro-11 system I had not attendded to.
Good news is it's pristine and complete:
BA23, 11/23BH, 512k (M8057), DEQNA, RQDX2(late firmware).
The RD52 has RXS11 and boots.
It's been a long time since I used RSX and longer since
I've administered it. So some procedures for doing things
I need to know or a pointer to.
TO shut down I do?
TO change admin password how, and which account again?
If I add a 8line mux (DHV or DZV) what the procedure to get
system to install and recognise it.
On line DOCs to refresh memory from?
I'm most comfortable with VMS, Ultrix and RT-11 but never
bothered with RSX for a home system.
Allison
Hi All,
I have a PDP-11/45 and the frontpanel unfortunately has 2 spots
where the matt finish is gone. Is there a way to make those
2 areas to look original again?
Thanks,
Ed
>Can someone point me to somewhere I can find bootable disk images for
>MS/PC DOS 1.x? I found vetusware.com, but the quality is spotty and
>frequently uses obscure compression programs.
>--
>David Griffith
>dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
>
>------------------------------
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=60
>
>Subject: Re: DEC RSX-11
> From: Holger Veit <holger.veit at iais.fraunhofer.de>
> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:19:57 +0200
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>
>Ethan Dicks schrieb:
>> On 10/9/07, Allison <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>>
>It is probably @[1,2]SHUTUP.CMD, or better RUN $SHUTUP
>>
RUN $SHUTUP
That works.
>>> TO change admin password how, and which account again?
>>>
>RUN $ACNT
>and then modify the UIC [1,2].
It's "run $acntres" on this beastie. However any attempt to modify
the accounts or add accounts causes a illegal instruction trap and
return to prompt.
Could it be the files are protected? I did insure the disk write
protect was disabled and working.
>Basically, any account [1,x] is privileged, so you might create a new
>account in this range before
>fiddling with the old one and maybe accidentally disabling it (happened
>to experience this myself :-))
Fortunately when the system boots the startup.cmd also logs in account
7,21.
>>
>http://www.computer.museum.uq.edu.au/RSX-11M%20Version%204.2%20Manual%20Set…
>for one set.
Very helpful, save for Acrobat say the files are corrupt for any of the more
useful ones and crashes for manuals over 25MB.
I'm not sure anything useful other than a "Pregen"ned system is on
the disk as I havent found any languages.
Allison
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:30:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Subject: seeking ms/pc dos 1.x
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.55.0710101428510.14275 at helios.cs.csubak.edu>
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Can someone point me to somewhere I can find bootable disk images for
MS/PC DOS 1.x? I found vetusware.com, but the quality is spotty and
frequently uses obscure compression programs.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
------------Reply:
If you have no luck elsewhere, drop me a line off-list & I'll try to dig one
out for ya (if I can find it and it's still readable).
mike
While looking for something else (ain't that always the way of it? :-) I came
across this box...
Apparently an Olicom OC2132, it's a microchannel ethernet adapter. This is
in the original box, and there's some software and documentation in there as
well. I looked at the card and there are AUI and RJ45 connectors and some
LED indicators on the metal bracket.
I have no microchannel hardware, having divested myself of the last of it a
while back, and no plans to get into any in the forseeable future.
If you can use this, feel free to drop me a line offlist, and make me an
offer.
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
While playing with my 11/23+, on one of my spare RL02 packs, I
found some interesting files. The disk has 982 files (lots off
.XSB extensions, whatever those are) and perhaps more
interestingly the following: TSKMON.NEW, TSKMON.SAV, TSX.NEW,
TSX.SAV, TSXMOD.NEW, TSXSPL.TSX, TSXSWP.TSX, TSXUCL.SAV.
Now I know nothing about TSX but do those filenames sound like it
might be that operating system? I tried to boot from the pack but
instead it came up in RT11SJ. What have I got here?
thanks
Charles