Did you build SIMH with the latest fixes? Within the past few weeks I merged a
fix to the RQ device emulation. The previous code would mishandle a detach
followed by attach on what was supposed to be a device supporting removable
media, and that error message sounds familiar.
paul
> On Aug 4, 2023, at 12:33 PM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> I did some testing on the image sets using simh.
> I had to prepare the images first using lbn2rx50
> <http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/>, because simh expects them to be in
> logical order.
> Results:
> ULTRIX-11 V3.0: All images good
> MicroRSTS V2.1: The third image throws an error:
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> *sim> ATT RQ2 RSTS21-3.RX5%SIM-INFO: RQ2: 'RSTS21-3.RX5' Contains a RSTS
> File system%SIM-INFO: RQ2: Pack ID: MICR3 Revision Level: 1.2 Pack
> Clustersize: 1%SIM-INFO: RQ2: Last Unallocated Sector In File System:
> 799sim> c?Error opening Backup set?Device hung or write lockedMount volume
> 3 on device _DU2:Press RETURN when ready:*
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> MicroRSX V2.1: Have not found out yet which one of the images is the one to
> start with. Is the image set complete?
> I thought that RSX4-I.IMG <https://www.crystel.com/pdp/os/RSX4-I.IMG> was
> the one (with an I instead of a 1), but all I got was:
> *Trap stack push abort, PC: 000014 (000040)*
> Maybe that image is bad, too ...
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> Ulli
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> Am Do., 27. Juli 2023 um 00:55 Uhr schrieb Chris Zach via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org>:
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>> Ok, files are up on https://www.crystel.com/pdp/os and
>> https://www.crystel.com/pro350
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>> MicroRSX, Ultrix11, MicroRSTS/E, and um spss
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>> On 7/26/2023 1:51 PM, Mark Matlock via cctalk wrote:
>>> Chris,
>>> I would be interested in getting a copy of the SSPS/X software for
>> POS. I have a manual for SPSS/11 and would love to try to get the software
>> running under RSX11M+ if possible.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>> On Jul 26, 2023, at 12:00 PM, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Chris Zach <c...@alembic.crystel.com <mailto:c...@alembic.crystel.com
>>>>
>>>> Subject: [cctalk] Old Professional/350 software, any of this out there
>>>> Date: July 26, 2023 at 9:30:10 AM CDT
>>>> To: CCTalk mailing list <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org>>
>>>> Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Starting to go through my boxes of POS stuff. I know of course that 3.2
>> is out there (minus the Pro/Communications option which has a bad disk in
>> the distro) however are these disks out there now?
>>>>
>>>> Pro/Venix 1.0 on floppies
>>>> POS V2.0a on floppies
>>>>
>>>> POS version 1.5 (with test diskette, maintenance application, a thing
>> called Pro/Pre labelled "Diskette system", system overview and instruction
>> disks)
>>>>
>>>> POS V1.7 (I have that here somewhere)
>>>>
>>>> Pro/Basic Version 1.0 and 1.2
>>>>
>>>> SPSS/X For Professional (this is a really interesting one, anyone heard
>> of this?)
>>>>
>>>> If so let me know and I won't copy them. If not I'll go over to the
>> mighty Deskpro/XE and start sucking the data off for archives....
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Chris
>>>> (Hoping to find old drivers or scaffolding or something that will give
>> me a hint into how DEC ported POS)
>>
