7 Jun
2009
7 Jun
'09
2:57 a.m.
Thanks, Mike. I know that some part of the stuff is non-Xenix... but my
question was about the Xenix specific. What I told was something that
perhaps Dave don't had in mind when it developed ImageDisk. I speak about
write the output of one IMD image using ImageDisk... but in one RAW image,
not in one physical drive. This raw image could be compatible with some of
the emulators available actually, from SIMH to other for Z80 or PC
platforms.
Then, you could startup one Unix (or compatible) emulated system, and mount
as a diskette one of these raw images. If it's one Xenix filesystem it could
possible to access it for some Unix compatible systems. And once mounted,
you could connect with 'cu' or 'uucp' using the serial line (in my case,
redirecting via IP to the Serial Port) with one REAL Altos Xenix (as is my
case) to transfer the files what you want to send.
With independence of this, and one more time, my thanks to Dave for its
invaluable tool (ImageDisk).
Regards
Sergio
2009/6/6 mike ingram <ingrammp at earthlink.net>
Hi Sergio
Uh... never mind the tarball stuff.... Dave has the files on his site
all arranged in their separate disks... some were sent by me and some by
another user.
He also has a program that will allow you to create floppies on a PC type
machine,,,, So, one takes these IMD images ( they are actually images of
separate floppy disks ).. and burns floppies and then the Altos can read
those floppies. His site is:
www.classiccmp.org/dunfield
Easiest method it to get the IMD program, those files, and a stack of
floppies, then find a PC with a 5 1/2 floppy drive, and have at it for a
bit. Then you go to the Altos and you should be able to read the files
right there.
Yes, you could use "cu" to get the IMD images over, but then you'd still
have the problem of how to decode the IMD images, and some of the files
weren't even unix files ( like the MP/M operating system and the ADX
Diagnostic disk )..
Hope it helps
Mike
On May 27, 2009, at 12:01 AM, SPC wrote:
A lot of thanks, sincerely :-)
The Altos is in good shape and working state and I consider a waste don't
hack it a little. And, more important, I did a test and probe that I can
manage it using the serial port of my laptop and one original Dec VT220
(that I use eventually to connect in old-fashion mode to SIMH by the same
way, but this is other story).
Only one point to clear... you speak about send IMD images in a tarball,
isn't so ? Or perhaps... Do you speak about the single files of the disks
(one by one) ? In this last case, I wonder if would be possible to send
files to the Altos Xenix using 'cu' or something similar... Only assorted
thoughts, you know... :-)
Thanks again. Kind Regards.
Sergio
2009/5/27 mike ingram <ingrammp at earthlink.net>
Hi Sergio
>
> I had given Dave Dunfield copies of a C compiler and some other stuff
> that
> I won on an Ebay auction a couple of years ago.
>
> Dave used to have a site at
http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/<http://www.parse.com/%7Eddunfield/>
> museum/<http://www.parse.com/%7Eddunfield/museum/>img/index.htm
>
> that had copies of this, but it doesn't seem to be working.. (
> anybody
> know where this is now ???? )
>
> Anyways, I had these disks:
>
> Xenix Development System version 3.0BS0, which includes 7 floppies,
> SCCS 3.0B0 disk 1 of 1
> Spelling Checker 3.0BS0 disk 1 of 1
> Level II COBOL R2.02S0 RTS Rev 56 disk 1 of 1
> INFORMIX demo version 3.11B two disks ( not ALTOS, but with INFORMIX
> label on it )
> F77 Fortran version 1.2B0 disk 1 of 1
> C Compiler 3.0BS1 two disks
>
> Be glad to email you what I have .... I think I just put it all into a
> tar
> ball and gzipped it, after using Dave's ImageDisk program to copy the
> original floppies into something more moveable.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 22, 2009, at 4:51 AM, SPC wrote:
>
> Hello. I have one Altos 686 with Xenix 3.2 in working state. I should
> like
>
>> to install on it one C compiler and eventually the Ryan-McFarland Cobol
>> for
>> this platform if available.
>>
>> I remember something about IMD image disks available in some place in
>> the
>> Internet but I don't remember where.
>>
>> All help is welcome
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Sergio
>>
>>
>
>