Now that OS/8 is running on my 8/A, RL02 system, I find I'm in
need of some more detailed help. Although I'm wading through the
900+ pages of the "OS/8 Handbook" (and the Device Extensions
document which at least addresses RL01's), I'm having a problem
adding device handlers as follows.
When I built the OS/8 image, it looks like I added only one RL02
partition (here is the current BUILD printout):
sim> bo rl
.SET SYS NOINIT
.RUN SYS BUILD
$PR
BAT : *BAT
KL8E: *TTY
LPSV: *LPT
RK05: *RKA0 *RKB0 *RKA1 *RKB1 RKA2 RKB2 RKA3 RKB3
RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
R2SY: *SYS *R20A
DSK=R2SY:R20A
$
Doing a DIR shows "118 Files in 2517 Blocks - 1515 Free Blocks",
or ~4000 total blocks on the disk, which is also consistent with
one RL02 partition (A=40%,B=40%,C=20%) of the total 10000 free
blocks.
The RKB0: Diagnostic Pack has several handlers including:
RL2SY.BH (which is what I am using), and also RL20.BH, RL21.BH,
and RL2E.BH (not sure what that one is).
But any attempt to LOAD RKB0:RL20.BH (for example) causes SIMH to
stop with a "HALT instruction, PC: 20100 (ISZ 122)" message. I
tried removing R2SY: entirely (after setting SYS to RKA0:) and
still it won't work when trying to install other RL handlers.
Also when reloading it will only allow n=1 (platter) which I
suppose is correct. This may be why I only have one partition. I
did this over a year ago and don't remember all the details.
ANY ideas how to install the next partitions (R20B and C)?
Also, since I am planning on adding a second RL02 drive, I will
need (I think) R21A, B, C to appear in the active list. Is it even
possible to add a second RL02 under OS/8?
The C partitions aren't really necessary and are slow. I doubt I
will ever get close to filling up even the A and B's (8 Mb per
pack)....
Thanks for any help.
-Charles