23 May
2007
23 May
'07
1:20 p.m.
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: woensdag 23 mei 2007 14:55
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Need help with VTserver
[...snip...]
Ah! Now I understand ... VTserver is writing to the pack, there
is no RT11 running. Correct? As I said, I don't know VTserver,
so I made a wrong ASSumption.
I am not sure if it will work. Let me explain
why.
Using VTserver to load OS/8 (pdp8 software) into the memory
of the PDP-11 will work, I guess. So far, it is just data
words that you are transfering. However, when you write the
data to disk you use the RT11 file structure.
What does RT-11 have to do with it? VTserver was written,
AFAIK, for loading UNIX images to a PDP-11 pack. As I
understand VTserver, it takes a disk image and throws it
block-by-block to a target medium.
It doesn't matter what the contents are, as long as the
blocks are in the right order. [...snip...]
True ... and confetti to throw during some festivity :-)
- Henk.
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Using VTserver to transfer any
"smallish" pdp8 software to
a PDP-11 and then *punch* on papertape would work, I guess.
If one has papertape, which I don't expect Charles does. A
2MB OS/8 device will fill a lot of papertape ;-)