Stupid question time. I last used APL in a class in 1975. Back then you needed a magic terminal and/or a magic Selectric typeball. How does one input or print a program on a PDP-11 with mere mortal equipment?
Thanks, Marc Howard On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 4:07 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 3/30/2020 1:37 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote: > > > > Bill, > > I have the APL-11 V2.1 source files on a RL02 disk image. I will > make it available at http://www.rsx11m.com/apl11.zip < > http://www.rsx11m.com/apl11.zip> > > > > Once you mount the disk image with Simh, the are two ready to run > task images that will run under RSX11M or M+ > > In [201,200]APL6OK.TSK and APL7OK.TSK that are the REAL*4 and REAL*8 > versions of APL-11. On the disk are the > > Original .MAC sources as well as files from a RSX SIG tape that modified > APL-11 for I/D under RSX11M+ that increased > > The workspace (.BXWA from ~30000 to ~60000 bytes). It also contains a > character set for Vt220 for the APL character set. > > > > When you install the APL task experiment with the /INC to maximize > the available workspace, On my system, I can > > INS APL6.TSK/INC=37000 to max the workspace for the single precision > version. > > > > Also, the scanned APL-11 reference manual can be downloaded at > http://www.rsx11m.com/APL-11-Ref-Man.pdf < > http://www.rsx11m.com/APL-11-Ref-Man.pdf> > > and the APL11 installation guide at http://www.rsx11m.com/APL11ins.pdf > <http://www.rsx11m.com/APL11ins.pdf> > > > > The RSX SIG files that have the info to change APL-11 to an I/D > RSX11M+ task are at [370,360] on the RL02 disk. I remember having this work > back in the mid-1980s butI have not been able to get it to work today. If I > link it with ODT it seems to blow up when the first overlay is loaded. If > anyone could help with that I’d really appreciate it! > > > > Best, > > Mark > > Thanks Mark! > > > I remember we had APL at Rose-Hulman when I was in college there from > 1978-1983. At first I thought it was on the VAX-11/780 that showed up over > the summer of 1980, but now I realize it had to have been on our PDP-11/70 > running RSTS/E. Probably APL-11 V1.X since it was there in the Fall of > 1978 when I started. We had a couple of DEC LA36's with the APL character > set and keyboards. > > -- > John H. Reinhardt > >