14 May
2009
14 May
'09
11:46 a.m.
Rich Alderson wrote:
From: Charles H Dickman
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:07 PM
There seem to be two separate issues here.
One is the source for maindec diags (both pdp-8 and pdp-11), which seem
to have been created and built on a pdp-10.
Discovering those sources would be quite a find. I've only seen
microfiche printouts.
(i've been working in "the mill" the past few months and I keep hoping
to find an old magtape in the ceiling or a closet :-)
But I'm not sure I believe (yet) the notion that OS/8 was not built on a
pdp-8. but who knows, I'm often mistaken.
has anyone tried to track down the any maindec or os/8 authors? they
might have kept a tape...
-brad
I suspect that it is impossible to rebuild OS/8
today. I would be=20
surprised if OS/8 was actually maintained on a PDP-8. All of the=20
diagnostic listing, for example, were generated using PAL10 on a PDP-10.
That is easily remedied. We can certainly host PAL10 and any other PDP-10
based tools (PAL11, for example) on either the Tops-10 2065 or the TOPS-20
Toad-1 at PDPplanet. Let me know what you need, and I'll try to track it
down.