18 Aug
2021
18 Aug
'21
8:42 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 6:11 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/16/21 2:55 PM, js--- via cctalk wrote:
So, anybody got a system running from that tape yet?
(Other than me :-)
Does this count? I named it bill because I wasn't sure which version it was
:)
And I did it from tape, not RX-50s and swapping 31 of them in/out with
simh... And I couldn't get 11/73 to work (I think my simh has a regression
there), but 11/83 worked just fine.
ULTRIX-11 System V3.1 (bill)
login: root
Welcome to the ULTRIX-11 System
erase = delete, kill = ^U, intr = ^C
bill# uname -a
ULTRIX-11 bill 3 0 PDP-11/83
bill# df
Filesystem total kbytes kbytes percent
node kbytes used free used Mounted on
/dev/rd00 4654 3076 1578 66% /
/dev/rd01 8302 7708 594 93% /usr
bill#
But I did something wrong... It prompts me for the load device on each
reboot.
sim> boot rq0
Sizing Memory...
Boot: rd(0,0)unix (CTRL/C will abort auto-boot)
Load device (? for help, <RETURN> if none) < ht tm ts tk rx rl rc > ? tk
rd(0,0)unix:
14784+17024+8192+8000+8064+8000+8064+8128+8000+7808+7936+7936+7680+7360+1344
ULTRIX-11 Kernel V3.1
...
(and I think my simh is a bit wonky because it doesn't quite work: it hangs
On 8/15/2021 10:08 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> On 8/15/21 12:45 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>>
>> Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-11/Fred-Ultrix3 in the tuhs archive has
>> complete
>> instructions as well as a program to build the ultrix tapes
>>
>
> It took a day because I wanted to test it but I have a TK50 image that
> works with SIMH. I did an install on an 11/73 with 3M of memory and
> two RD54's. Worked fine. It's been a while since I did any Ultrix-11
> on real or simulated hardware.
>
> Have no idea how to get this tape to anyone. It's just shy of 4M. Not
> sure if it could be emailed. The SIMH ini file is trivially simple but
> I could provide that as well.
>
> I have nowhere I could put it up for download. I don't do things like
> Google Drive. Maybe we need a GITHUB site or something for Ultrix
stuff.
bill
Bill's file is at:
http://www.cimmeri.com/js/download/ultrix-11/
from time to time, but only after a reset)
Warner