24 May
2011
24 May
'11
3:03 p.m.
In terms of hardware on the PC side of things, all one needs is a
serial port. The software I use (which I'm sure I linked; if not find
it here: http://www.ak6dn.dyndns.org/PDP-11/TU58/tu58em/ ) I currently
run on my Windows XP Pro SP3 system; it's also been tested under
Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server Standard by me), with the
oversized images.
The PC side of the cable is a nine-pin serial port, while the PDP-11
side is the 10-pin cable. The cable I use, has one side as the DLVJ1
connection (10-pin IDC, tab scraped off) and he other side as a DE9M
D-sub connector (i.e. the "PC serial port" connector, wired as a DTE).
The conenction between the systems is then made with a standard serial
null modem cable (I had a couple so I just used a that). (Plus wiring
the serial port on the '11 side of things as a DTE is the correct
way.)
The cable is wired as such: http://upload.cetafurs.com/dlvj1-de9m.png
Connect the DE9M serial port to a regular PC serial port via a null
modem. The DLVJ1 port should be configured for either 38400 or 9600
bps.
Cheers to you, and if you've any questions, feel free to ask.
-- Christian
On 22 May 2011 21:38, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
Christian
Gauger-Cosgrove wrote:
As an idea to get RT-11 onto your RL01; why not
try using a TU58
emulator, with oversized tape images? There's a modified driver file
out there - very easy to find too - that'll let you have RT-11 think
the DECtape II tapes are the size of an RL02, which will let you boot
the RT-11 V5.3 installation pack on the emulator. From there, just
install RT-11 to the real RL01 as you would normally install RT-11.
It's simple to setup (and if you don't want to fiddle around with disk
images, asking will get you one from me or whoever else has done it
this way), and all you need on the PDP-11 side of things is a second
serial line. Also, it's relatively painless, as the RT-11 install
isn't all that difficult.
I understand what is required on the PDP-11 side of a TU-58 emulator since
I have a real DEC dual external TU-58 drive that I am able to use with real
TU-58 tapes.
What I am curious about is the specific hardware required for the TU-58
emulator? ?I assume that a serial port is required? ?Is the TU-58 emulator
able to run under Windows XP or must DOS be used? ?Or perhaps an
OS in-between such as Windows 98 SE?
In addition, my TU-58 drive uses a standard 10 pin cable with a standard
10 pin female connector on both ends - the CPU end plugs directly into
the DLV11-J port. ?What does the end of the 10 pin cable look like at the
TU-58 emulator?
I used to have a site that I could download to obtain the software for the
TU-58 emulator. ?Can you please provide a link address?
Jerome Fine