23 May
2011
23 May
'11
1:38 a.m.
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