Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread John Forecast
> On Feb 6, 2017, at 10:13 PM, william degnan wrote: > > CORRECTION: > > Running simH on a $9.95 Next Thing Co CHIP. > > 1. I built an RL01 disk with RSX11/M that boots within simH using the > files I found online. > > set cpu 11/40 > set cpu 64K > set rl0 writeenabled > set rl0 rl01 > set r

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
One last comment...I will edit and clean up the directions for anyone interested http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=668

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
One last comment...I will edit and clean up the directions for anyone who wants them in the future here: http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=668 thanks again all. Bill

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
CORRECTION: Running simH on a $9.95 Next Thing Co CHIP. 1. I built an RL01 disk with RSX11/M that boots within simH using the files I found online. set cpu 11/40 set cpu 64K set rl0 writeenabled set rl0 rl01 set rl1 writeenabled set rl1 rl01 set rl2 writeenabled set rl2 rl01 set rl3 writeenable

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
> > > > > > I have made the bootable RL01 image and it works in simH. I have > > BB-L974F-BC_RSX11M_4.5_BRU64K.tap in place but what kind of tape device > do > > I set in simH to attach it? I need to attach prior to booting and the > > within RSX11/M > > > If you’ve set the simH to an 11/

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread John Forecast
> On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:22 PM, william degnan wrote: > > John or anyone...regarding this: > > >>> >>The v3.2 version I have from bitsavers has the baseline disk a few >> bytes larger than >>an RL01 so simH autosized it (incorrectly) to an RL02. Hopefully >> Mark’s new sizing >

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
John or anyone...regarding this: > > > The v3.2 version I have from bitsavers has the baseline disk a few > bytes larger than > an RL01 so simH autosized it (incorrectly) to an RL02. Hopefully > Mark’s new sizing > code should avoid this in the future. To copy an RL01 RSX

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
> > > > simH did not change the size of the disk image. By default, simH > will automatically > detect the type of disk on a particular controller (e.g. > RL01/RL02, RK06/RK07) based > on the size of the disk image. When I attached the image and did > a”sh rl0” it showed up

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread John Forecast
> On Feb 6, 2017, at 8:35 AM, william degnan wrote: > >> >> >>> >>> Mark and John, >>> Summarizing...The disks in the RL01 directory are 5MB, which is the RL01 >>> disk size I believed, but if they are RL02, why would I not use "RL02" in >>> the simh commands? >>> >>> For example the code Ma

Re: RL02 version of UNIX6?

2017-02-06 Thread william degnan
> > > > > > Mark and John, > > Summarizing...The disks in the RL01 directory are 5MB, which is the RL01 > > disk size I believed, but if they are RL02, why would I not use "RL02" in > > the simh commands? > > > > For example the code Mark wrote with John's changes, should it not be > rlo2, > > not

Re: Updated Spacewar for the PDP-8/I, 8/E, etc....

2017-02-06 Thread Anders Sandahl
I used Lyle's updated version to show Spacewar on my PDP-8/a during this weekends retro event "RetroGathering" in Sweden. It works great! I did two modifications to the code: 1. Use digital IO instead of the switch register so I could use hand controls to let the audience play the game. 2. Fixed