[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-18 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 08:30, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Some questions if you don't mind ;-)) > Not at all! > > - Could you please give some instructions how you managed to install V1.0? > Yes, I suppose this should be documented, as I have been unable

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-18 Thread Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk
Some questions if you don't mind ;-)) - Could you please give some instructions how you managed to install V1.0? - What kind of error messages did you get when you wanted to install V1.2? - What microvax1 simulator did you use: the OpenSiḿh one or that from Simh (Mark Pizzolato)? - What is in

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2023, at 5:33 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 7/17/23 11:53, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > >> Chuck Dickman's algorithm is in lbn2rx50.c >> >> #define RX50_TRACKS 80 >> #define RX50_SECTORS 10 >> >> int interleave[] = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 }; >>

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 3:34 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 7/17/23 11:53, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > > > Chuck Dickman's algorithm is in lbn2rx50.c > > > > #define RX50_TRACKS 80 > > #define RX50_SECTORS 10 > > > > int interleave[] = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 }; > > > >

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 7/17/23 11:53, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > Chuck Dickman's algorithm is in lbn2rx50.c > > #define RX50_TRACKS 80 > #define RX50_SECTORS 10 > > int interleave[] = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 }; > > track = lbn/RX50_SECTORS; > track = (track + 1)%RX50_TRACKS; > >

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 14:56, Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 12:42 PM Henry Bent via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> I truly feel for the folks who had to do this at the time, using 38 >> floppies on a MicroVAX I. The installer does give time estimates for >>

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 12:42 PM Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 13:06, Henry Bent wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 12:59, Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> > From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt > >> > > >> > "The RX50

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2023, at 12:51 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt > >> > >> "The RX50 floppy starts at track 1. Track

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 13:06, Henry Bent wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 12:59, Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> > From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt >> > >> > "The RX50 floppy starts at track 1. Track 0 is logically placed after >> > track 79. The

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Lee Gleason via cctalk
I have had good luck with a secfor convolver from the same page as this comment: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/lbn2rx50.cIt will go both ways, to and from physical block order and logical block order. For people working on P/OS or RSX, without a c compiler, here is a utility that can convert

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 10:59 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM Ethan Dicks > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:28 PM Henry Bent via cctalk > > > I'm almost thoroughly unfamiliar with IMD - is there some obvious > > > extraction/conversion option that I am

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Henry Bent via cctalk
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 12:59, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: > > > From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt > > > > "The RX50 floppy starts at track 1. Track 0 is logically placed after > > track 79. The sectors are interleaved 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, > > 10. The track shift and

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2023, at 12:51 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: >> From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt >> >> "The RX50 floppy starts at track 1. Track 0 is logically placed after >> track 79. The sectors are interleaved 1,

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:28 PM Henry Bent via cctalk > > I'm almost thoroughly unfamiliar with IMD - is there some obvious > > extraction/conversion option that I am missing here? As mentioned previously, yes. There's an additional step

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jul 17, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just noticed that images of a full RX50 floppy set for Ultrix-32m 1.2 was > posted on Bitsavers ( > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/vax/ultrix/1.2/ULTRIX-32M_V1.2_RX50_1986.zip > ). I am having

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:48 PM Ethan Dicks wrote: > From: http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/pro380.txt > > "The RX50 floppy starts at track 1. Track 0 is logically placed after > track 79. The sectors are interleaved 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, > 10. The track shift and interleave must be taken

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:28 PM Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: > I just noticed that images of a full RX50 floppy set for Ultrix-32m 1.2 was > posted on Bitsavers ( > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/vax/ultrix/1.2/ULTRIX-32M_V1.2_RX50_1986.zip > ). I am having difficulty parsing these

[cctalk] Re: Restoring Ultrix-32m 1.2 Floppies

2023-07-17 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 7/17/23 09:28, Henry Bent via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > I just noticed that images of a full RX50 floppy set for Ultrix-32m 1.2 was > posted on Bitsavers ( > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/vax/ultrix/1.2/ULTRIX-32M_V1.2_RX50_1986.zip > ). I am having difficulty parsing these