1 Jul
2020
1 Jul
'20
12:13 a.m.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for posting some Y2K fixes and enhancements for DECnet/E under
RSTS/E.
I've also used the Bitsavers source files for RSTS/E V10.1 to fix a Y2K bug
with handling RT-11 Y2k3 dates by the FIT program.
Are you interested in including my patched FIT.TSK for RSTS/E along with
your fixes. I could also provide my modified BASIC-Plus source code to FIT
too (but releasing this too may have copyright limitations).
Also I remember seeing a Y2K patch kit from Mentec for RSTS/E V10.1 on a
TK50 tape. I don't have a copy of it - but I think it also had some
additional Y2K fixes. You wouldn't also have some of these too?
Thanks in advance.
Tony
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Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org>
1 Jul
1 Jul
9:39 a.m.
On Jul 1, 2020, at 3:13 AM, Tony Nicholson
<tony.nicholson at computer.org> wrote:
Hi Paul,
Thanks for posting some Y2K fixes and enhancements for DECnet/E under RSTS/E.
I've also used the Bitsavers source files for RSTS/E V10.1 to fix a Y2K bug with
handling RT-11 Y2k3 dates by the FIT program.
Nice. I looked at fixing RT11 RTS applications like MACRO, but that's not possible
because the RT11 date format stops in the early 21st century (5 bit year field). Perhaps
RT-11 has created a solution, but if so I don't know it.
Are you interested in including my patched FIT.TSK for
RSTS/E along with your fixes. I could also provide my modified BASIC-Plus source code to
FIT too (but releasing this too may have copyright limitations).
I was thinking of posting the *.diff files, that way if someone has the sources, the fixed
version can be created. FWIW, there are in fact V10.1 sources on the net, on Bitsavers
for example. But I'm as reluctant as you are to post full sources myself.
Given that this stuff is in Github, I guess you could put your changes in a fork and
generate a pull request. Or send me the files if you don't want to go through that.
Also I remember seeing a Y2K patch kit from Mentec for
RSTS/E V10.1 on a TK50 tape. I don't have a copy of it - but I think it also had some
additional Y2K fixes. You wouldn't also have some of these too?
I had not heard of that and I have not seen it, or any Mentec materials for that matter.
paul
10:51 a.m.
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Nice. I looked at fixing RT11 RTS applications like MACRO, but that's not
possible because the RT11 date format stops in the early 21st century (5 bit
year field). Perhaps RT-11 has created a solution, but if so I don't know
it.
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It was my understanding that Jerome Fine did y2k fixes (commercially) for
rt11 years ago. Is he still around the list?
J
5:31 p.m.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 3:52 AM <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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Nice. I looked at fixing RT11 RTS applications like MACRO, but that's not
possible because the RT11 date format stops in the early 21st century (5
bit
year field). Perhaps RT-11 has created a solution, but if so I don't know
it.
----------
It was my understanding that Jerome Fine did y2k fixes (commercially) for
rt11 years ago. Is he still around the list?
J
Thanks for your replies Paul and Jay.
I spent the last hour cobbling together a GitHub Repository for RSTS-E
updates.
It's at https://github.com/agn453/RSTS-E
I've included a context diff for the FIT patches I mentioned and an updated
FIT.TSK image built for RSTS/E V10.1 with BASIC-Plus V2.7 (and also the
Mentec RT-11 V5.7 release notes that discuss the time word changes), along
with an Ethernet patch that Paul posted about in 2016 to increase DECnet
performance under SIMH PDP11.
I also found the cover letter for the Mentec RSTS/E V10.1A Year 2000 Update
and included this. Someone out there may be able to provide further
details.
At some later stage I'll start collecting other RSTS/E software that I wrote
and upload it too. It's silly to keep this hidden away only to be be lost
forever when I'm gone!
Tony
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