31 Mar
2020
31 Mar
'20
5:41 a.m.
On 3/31/20 8:36 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
It must be possible because the installation manual says the
installation tape works for all four PDP-11 OSes.
bill
On Mar 30, 2020, at 6:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon via
cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 3/30/20 3:21 PM, Mark Matlock via cctech wrote:
Please let me know if I can help. I haven't done a whole lot of work with RSX origin
applications on RSTS but from what I know the process should in general be
straightforward. I don't think it's quite as easy as just running the .tsk file
(different RMS image) but reassembly and re-TKB with the existing control files feels like
it should be successful.
Bill,
The APL-11 files on DECUS RSX85A are not a complete distribution but a modified
version that was intended to run under I/D on M+.
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
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
and the APL11 installation guide at http://www.rsx11m.com/APL11ins.pdf
The RSX SIG files that have the info to change APL-11 to an I/D RSX11M+ task from
RSX85A are also at [370,360] on the RL02 disk. I remember having this work back in the
mid-1980s but I 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!
According to the Ref Manual, that's the one I was looking for.
Now to mount the RL on RSTS and see what it takes to build it
there. I'll let the list know how I make out in case someone
else is interested.
bill