PDP-8 OS/8 Disk Image Problems - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

16 Nov 2005

  Hi,

I used the following entry lines and successfully copied DECtapes.

set df enable
att dt0 os8.tu56
att dt1 os8drv.tu56
att .....                 (what ever other drive you use)

Then it is striaght forward: boot dt0, and access dt1.
The "tape names" (os8.tu56 and os8drv.tu56) should be substituted
by the names of the files that you use, of course :-)
I don't know much of pdp8's, there are others that know a lot more!

  success,

- Henk, PA8PDP

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
 [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Madcrow Maxwell
 Sent: dinsdag 15 november 2005 22:48
 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
 Subject: PDP-8 OS/8 Disk Image Problems

 I've recently started to play with the PDP-8 using the 
 excellent SIMH emulator and I've come across a problem: none 
 of the PDP-8 OS/8 disk images that I've found seem to allow 
 me to use DECtapes. As all the games I've found (mostly 
 smallish BASIC programs) seem to come on DECtape/DECtape 
 images. Does anybody know where to find a disk with proper 
 drivers. I tried to rebuild the OS, but BUILD couldn't find 
 the proper drivers either.

 Actually, I have my doubts as to whether BASIC even works, as 
 it seems to not even want to run the little

 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD."
 20 END

 example that I cooked up. 
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