10 Oct
2007
10 Oct
'07
7:55 a.m.
Subject: Re: DEC RSX-11
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:46:06 +0200
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
On 10/9/07, Allison <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
Thanks,
Thats a start, I found docs on bitsavers. Some however appear broken
as I down load them and mid way my system crashes. First thats rare
and unusual for this crate. The other is there is no clear reason
why. May be that some are >50mb in size and something is broken.
I'll try FTP rather than firefox and see.
Allison
HALP!
I just decided to attack a micro-11 system...
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?
IIRC, from an account with privs, it _might_ be...
@[1,4]SHUTUP.CMD
.... or something quite similar.
TO change admin password how, and which account
again?
It's been a long time, and I've worked with a variety of early-1980s
versions of RSX, but the account, at least, is probably [1,4].
Unfortunately, I can't recall what program you have to invoke to
twiddle passwords and privs. It might even be dependent on exactly
what version of RSX you have, if it's an old one (not all that likely,
though, if it's a MicroPDP. It would be more likely on an 11/34,
say).
If I add a 8line mux (DHV or DZV) what the
procedure to get
system to install and recognise it.
IIRC, you'll have to do some type of SYSGEN - lots of questions to
answer, then several hours as your wee little F-11 spins its wheels
and builds a new system. I haven't done a sysgen in over 20 years, so
hopefully someone else with fresher experience can speak up.
On line DOCs to refresh memory from?
I don't know of any, and I wasn't able to Google any. :-/
-ethan