18 Oct
2004
18 Oct
'04
1:07 p.m.
I still have my DECTape from the TSS/8 at UWM (Circa 1978-79?) but all
there is on it are the BASIC programs I was writing at the time.
What is that, a TU-11? I can't remember the designation. It was on a PDP-8/e.
Did you ever work with Dick Bartlein, or SaMilosovich? (Spelling uncertain)
At 09:46 AM 10/18/2004 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
Any information on TSS-8 is always greatly appreciated
[I have a
decent collection started] as well as hardware or actual software.
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The version that John Wilson used and the one that I used at UW-M are
up at www.bitsavers.org/bits/dec/ascii (basic, johw, uwmMonitor)
Binary paper tape images from John are at bits/dec/pdp8/papertapeImages/set1
The LINCtapes from Lyle Bickley's PDP-12 should have a bunch of material as
well.
Various versions of the manuals are at www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/tss8/
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Finding hardware capable of running the monitor will be difficult. RF08's
were rare 20 years ago. All but the last versions of TSS/8 required either
DF32s or RF08s for swapping, but DF32s are only 32kwords. Bob Supnik has
TSS/8 running in simulation with SIMH.
"You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please
wait until I am wrong." --John von Neumann, on being phoned at 10 a.m.
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