> On May 29, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> On May 29, 2018, at 10:30 AM, John Forecast via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 29, 2018, at 3:30 AM, Nigel Williams via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>>> I have 11D on bitsavers. >>> >>> this is actually RSX-11D? http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/ias/ >> >> Yes. The two V3.4A tapes will allow you to build either RSX-11D or IAS. > > Wow, I did not know that. It certainly confirms that IAS is just a slightly > hacked RSX-11/D... > > paul > > Probably more that just “slightly” hacked but certainly not a completely new design. The scheduler was completely reworked along with the swapping mechanisms. When I first saw it, there were 2 user interfaces; SCI> the System Control Interface for management operations and PDS> Program Development System for normal users. Before release, both were collapsed into the, now familiar, DCL> interface. Just remapping DCL commands onto the standard utilities was a major part of the work.
John.