15 Jan
2015
15 Jan
'15
11:39 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
There have been lots of positive comments, and
obviously some people have
even tested using the software.
I shall echo the sentiments of others; thanks for releasing this!
So - same as before. Disk image and tape image are available at
Madame.Update.UU.SE. Use anonymous ftp.
Disk image is also available at ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip
.
The disk image is a virtual RL02 disk. Can be used with any emulator, or
also directly inside RSX if you have virtual devices available.
Johnny, you mentioned you're running under E11. Has anyone tried it under
SimH yet? I put together an 11/70 1MB system under the PDP-11 emulator
(built with Ethernet support under OS X 10.9) and have installed
RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6. When I was installing, SYSGEN reported 512k of RAM
instead of 1M, which alarmed me. I went into manual mode and told it
explicitly 1M. That's been my only hiccup so far, and that's about where
I'm at. If anyone has any suggestions for a newcomer to RSX, I'd certainly
appreciate it. I'd be more than willing to write up a tutorial if someone
can help me the rest of the way.
Thanks,
Kyle
15 Jan
15 Jan
11:44 p.m.
On 2015-01-16 05:39, Kyle Owen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
I've done development and testing on three different machines.
1) E11 - Emulating an 11/74 - to make sure the code also works on
multiprocessor PDP-11s.
2) Simh - Emulating a 11/94.
3) A real PDP-11/93.
As for memory, I hope you are aware that RSX reports memory in
kilowords, not kilobytes. :-)
But anyway, why not go for a fully loaded machine when you have the
chance? Slightly less than 4MB, or 2MW.
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
There have been lots of positive comments, and
obviously some people have
even tested using the software.
I shall echo the sentiments of others; thanks for releasing this!
So - same as before. Disk image and tape image are available at
Madame.Update.UU.SE. Use anonymous ftp.
Disk image is also available at ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip
.
The disk image is a virtual RL02 disk. Can be used with any emulator, or
also directly inside RSX if you have virtual devices available.
Johnny, you mentioned you're running under E11. Has anyone tried it under
SimH yet? I put together an 11/70 1MB system under the PDP-11 emulator
(built with Ethernet support under OS X 10.9) and have installed
RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6. When I was installing, SYSGEN reported 512k of RAM
instead of 1M, which alarmed me. I went into manual mode and told it
explicitly 1M. That's been my only hiccup so far, and that's about where
I'm at. If anyone has any suggestions for a newcomer to RSX, I'd certainly
appreciate it. I'd be more than willing to write up a tutorial if someone
can help me the rest of the way.
11:58 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
I've done development and testing on three different machines.
1) E11 - Emulating an 11/74 - to make sure the code also works on
multiprocessor PDP-11s.
2) Simh - Emulating a 11/94.
3) A real PDP-11/93.
Very cool. I only have a PDP-11/73 in my personal collection (not currently
booting), but an 11/20 and 11/34 are right down the street. Someday (maybe
soon) I'll get those fired up again.
As for memory, I hope you are aware that RSX reports memory in kilowords,
not kilobytes. :-)
Doh...! No, I wasn't aware of that. In which case, SYSGEN apparently had no
problem detecting how much RAM was in the system! Thanks for that tidbit.
But anyway, why not go for a fully loaded machine when you have the chance?
Slightly less than 4MB, or 2MW.
Well, I suppose if it's as easy as changing the config file and re-running
SYSGEN, I'll do it.
I'll check out that documentation pronto (Intro to RSX sounds like a great
start). Right now, I've been working on punched card reading on the PDP-8,
as well as emulating a VC8E. Sounds like I need to catch up on the 16-bit
realm for a change!
Thanks again,
Kyle
16 Jan
16 Jan
7:32 a.m.
On 2015-01-16 05:58, Kyle Owen wrote:
No need to SYSGEN. The system will pick the memory size at boot.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at update.uu.se> wrote:
Yep. :-)
As for memory, I hope you are aware that RSX
reports memory in kilowords,
not kilobytes. :-)
Doh...! No, I wasn't aware of that. In which case, SYSGEN apparently had no
problem detecting how much RAM was in the system! Thanks for that tidbit. But anyway,
why not go for a fully loaded machine when you have the chance?
Slightly less than 4MB, or 2MW.
Well, I suppose if it's as easy as changing the config file and re-running
SYSGEN, I'll do it. I'll check out that documentation pronto (Intro to
RSX sounds like a great
start). Right now, I've been working on punched card reading on the PDP-8,
as well as emulating a VC8E. Sounds like I need to catch up on the 16-bit
realm for a change!
Have fun! :-)
Johnny
15 Jan
15 Jan
11:46 p.m.
On 2015-01-16 05:39, Kyle Owen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
By the way - as far as newcomers go. I hope you are aware that the full
manual set is available on bitsavers. It's a lot to read, but start with
a few simple manuals like "Introduction to RSX", which is really basic.
And then some manuals about utilities and system management.
Of course, you can also just ask, and I'll try and answer. :-)
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
There have been lots of positive comments, and
obviously some people have
even tested using the software.
I shall echo the sentiments of others; thanks for releasing this!
So - same as before. Disk image and tape image are available at
Madame.Update.UU.SE. Use anonymous ftp.
Disk image is also available at ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip
.
The disk image is a virtual RL02 disk. Can be used with any emulator, or
also directly inside RSX if you have virtual devices available.
Johnny, you mentioned you're running under E11. Has anyone tried it under
SimH yet? I put together an 11/70 1MB system under the PDP-11 emulator
(built with Ethernet support under OS X 10.9) and have installed
RSX-11M-PLUS 4.6. When I was installing, SYSGEN reported 512k of RAM
instead of 1M, which alarmed me. I went into manual mode and told it
explicitly 1M. That's been my only hiccup so far, and that's about where
I'm at. If anyone has any suggestions for a newcomer to RSX, I'd certainly
appreciate it. I'd be more than willing to write up a tutorial if someone
can help me the rest of the way.
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