From: Noel Chiappa
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 5:07 AM
From: Phil Budne
> I remember finding documentation on MC for
"KLDCP" the original DEC
> front-end software (suitably defaced) which DEC later replaced with a
> modified version of RSX-11
MC, on the other hand, ran KLDCP ('KL Diagnostic
Console Program') until the
end. (The sources of DEC KLDCP version 7 are still available from the MC
dumps, if anyone wants them, along with the MIT-modified version.) The
console -11 on MC ran a 'combination' of IOELEV and KLDCP - the two remained
pretty much separate, just cooperated to share the machine:
KLDCP does JSR PC, [to 03000] when it has nothing to
do and 10 is
running. IOELEV should INIT if it hasn't already, then go into its main
loop. It should CLC, RTS PC if the 10 goes down; KLDCP will print
appropriate message. To go into temporary KLDCP command mode, SEC, RTS PC.
I get the impression from the IOELEV source that it
ran on the -11 connected
to the DL10 first (stand-alone, by itself), and was later adapted to share the
console -11 with KLDCP.
Amusing comment in the KLDCP source:
WE HAVE GONE TO CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY AND EXPENSE
TO ASSEMBLE A STAFF OF
SORCERERS, SHAMANS, CONJURERS AND LAWYERS TO VISIT NETTLESOME AND MYSTIFING
DISCOMFORTS ON ANY NINNY WHO ENDEAVORS TO REPRODUCE OR USE THIS PROGRAM IN
ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING COMPUTERS AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE DEVELOPER. WATCH YOURSELF!
The original KL-10 running WAITS in the SAIL tri-processor system was a 1080 as
well, and used a locally extended version of KLDCP for the front end rather
than a second program such as IOELEV. This version of KLDCP includes Ethernet
support for the 3Mbit Xerox board, which provides PUP networking to WAITS.
We are looking at adding code to this version of KLDCP to allow setting the TOY
clock, a TCU-150. (SAIL used a TCU-100 and a hack to get years from 1976-1991;
the TCU-150 provides a YEAR field in the date register.) I find it interesting
that the SAIL folks never saw the need to do that. :-)
Sources for both the original and the WAITS variant are available for perusal
at
SAILDART.org (Bruce Baumgart's site), and will be visible on our WAITS
system once we have IP networking going.
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computers: Museum + Labs
2245 1st Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98134
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