Not tried this myself yet (still trying to get my PDP11 PSU working again),
but have a look here:
http://home.windstream.net/engdahl/vtserver.htm
Regard
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Doug Jackson
Sent: 20 May 2011 01:45
To: cctech at
classiccmp.org
Subject: Loading software onto a real PDP11
Hi everybody,
I am sure that this has been solved, but I can't see a single cohesive way
of
doing it so I thought I would ask.
I have a PDP11/04, with a RL01 disk drive. Ther are real physical
hardware
(about 40Kg each....)
The hardware now operates - I can boot the custom software that is on one
of
the RL01 disk packs. It boots and displays "SYS5
READY~" then hangs - The
system was used for a race track display board, so some of the custom
hardware is not there.
There are a couple of other packs that I have verified that don't boot, so
what
I would love to do is to load some useful software
(RT11 or Basic or
Forth....).
I can not figure out how to actually do that - I have simulated images for
SIMH,
and can get SIMH to actually boot RT11, but I
can't figure out how to
actually
move the data onto the nice, big, physical disk...
Can somebody provide some advice?
Doug
(In sunny Canberra, Australia)