5 May
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5 May
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5 May
5 May
6:07 a.m.
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Seth J. Morabito wrote:
I've been playing with the Bob Supnik PDP*
emulator recently, and I'm
curious if anyone has any RSX-11{M|M-PLUS} or RSTS disk images they'd
be willing to let me copy? I read through the license agreement that
comes with the Mentec software included with the emulator, and unless
I'm very much mistaken, it seems to cover RSX and RSTS as well as RT-11.
The only restrictions are that it must be for non commercial use (no
problem), and it must run only on the emulator (also no problem -- I
don't even own a PDP-11, sadly).
So, does anyone have any bootable disk images for the emulator I could
play around with? I'd like to try out RSX, get a feel for installing
it on a new disk, doing SYSGENs, that sort of thing. Practice for if
I ever get my hands on an 11/44, you might say.
Well... if you go trolling for images, try to find one for RSTS too!
Last time I communicated with Mr. Supnik, he indicated that the reason
that the RSTS (and I suppose RSX) software is not with the rest of the
emulator set is because no one has yet come up with an image for a
(disk) device that is supported by the emulator.
(obviously, my Micro-RSTS RX-50 images did not help for the same
reason...)
-jim
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6:26 a.m.
Well, I have my mostly-butchered RSTS v8.0-07 that I'm gonna try putting on an RL02,
but it's missing OPSER and QUEMAN and the files needed to re-sysgen.
Meaning, it's usefullnes would be limited.
But, since there's no source or anything, I may be able to distribute a (edited to
remove a few things) image...
If anyone has the rest of 8.0-07, or can help me find out how to put it on a RA92,
that would be appreciated very much...
For example, is the RSTS filesystem itself able to address that much disk?
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6:37 a.m.
[Adding RX50 to the Supnik emulator...]
Yeah, it'd be a Lot Of Work(tm).
Those talk MSCP, and there's little/no documentation on how it works.
(I think...)
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7:36 a.m.
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Seth J. Morabito wrote:
Hmmm... been WAY too long for me to remember that one exactly, although
for comparison I can state that the Micro-RSTS distribution
(non-SYSGENable) comes on 10 RX-50 diskettes.
-jim
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The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/~jimw
Computer Garage Fax - (503) 646-0174
Last time I
communicated with Mr. Supnik, he indicated that the reason
that the RSTS (and I suppose RSX) software is not with the rest of the
emulator set is because no one has yet come up with an image for a
(disk) device that is supported by the emulator.
Ah, so what I'm looking for then is either a RK05, RL01/02, RP04/05/06/07,
or RX01 images. How big were RSX and/or RSTS? Did they come on RX01
media for installation? I imagine it would take quite a few disks at
only 256KB each :/ On the other hand, you could then play with making
clean installs from the "original" media. 
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