30 Mar
2020
30 Mar
'20
4:29 p.m.
Stupid question time. I last used APL in a class in 1975. Back then you
needed a magic terminal and/or a magic Selectric typeball. How does one
input or print a program on a PDP-11 with mere mortal equipment?
Thanks,
Marc Howard
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 4:07 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 3/30/2020 1:37 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote:
Bill,
I have the APL-11 V2.1 source files on a RL02 disk image. I will
make it
available at http://www.rsx11m.com/apl11.zip <
http://www.rsx11m.com/apl11.zip>
Once you mount the disk image with Simh, the are two ready to run
task images
that will run under RSX11M or M+
In [201,200]APL6OK.TSK and APL7OK.TSK that are
the REAL*4 and REAL*8
versions of APL-11. On the disk are the
Original .MAC sources as well as files from a RSX
SIG tape that modified
APL-11 for I/D under RSX11M+ that increased
The workspace (.BXWA from ~30000 to ~60000
bytes). It also contains a
character set for Vt220 for the APL character set.
When you install the APL task experiment with the /INC to maximize
the
available workspace, On my system, I can
INS APL6.TSK/INC=37000 to max the workspace for
the single precision
version.
Also, the scanned APL-11 reference manual can be downloaded at
http://www.rsx11m.com/APL-11-Ref-Man.pdf <
http://www.rsx11m.com/APL-11-Ref-Man.pdf>
and the APL11 installation guide at
http://www.rsx11m.com/APL11ins.pdf
<http://www.rsx11m.com/APL11ins.pdf>
The RSX SIG files that have the info to change APL-11 to an I/D
RSX11M+ task
are at [370,360] on the RL02 disk. I remember having this work
back in the mid-1980s butI have not been able to get it to work today. If I
link it with ODT it seems to blow up when the first overlay is loaded. If
anyone could help with that I?d really appreciate it!
Best,
Mark
Thanks Mark!
I remember we had APL at Rose-Hulman when I was in college there from
1978-1983. At first I thought it was on the VAX-11/780 that showed up over
the summer of 1980, but now I realize it had to have been on our PDP-11/70
running RSTS/E. Probably APL-11 V1.X since it was there in the Fall of
1978 when I started. We had a couple of DEC LA36's with the APL character
set and keyboards.
--
John H. Reinhardt