Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-26 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 11/26/2021 1:43 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: I've found the bug. Charles Lasner broke PDP-12 support (and probably also older PDP-8 models like 8/I) with his additions to support the DECmate family. The location is at 0206, labelled SETBAUD. This should be a NOP on standard systems,

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-26 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 11/25/2021 1:15 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: I haven't had much use for K12MIT -- the tools that come with the latest SerialDisk can take apart and rebuild/modify bootable/server images, so I just copy whatever to or the directory those

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-26 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Christian Corti wrote: Just tried without SerialDisk... no difference. K12MIT is broken on the PDP-12. I've found the bug. Charles Lasner broke PDP-12 support (and probably also older PDP-8 models like 8/I) with his additions to support the DECmate family. The location is

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-25 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Christian Corti wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: Are you running SerialDisk on the same DP12 that K12MIT is trying to use? Hmm... good point, I think that I have tried both, from LINCtape and from SerialDisk. I know, the latter won't work, but at least I

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-25 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: Are you running SerialDisk on the same DP12 that K12MIT is trying to use? That might not work well, though I'm not sure why K12MIT would commit suicide about it. Hmm... good point, I think that I have tried both, from LINCtape and from SerialDisk.

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-24 Thread Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
On 11/24/2021 1:47 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: So, with the help of you here, I was able to create OS/8 LINCtapes and to run SerialDisk. Everything runs very fine. Yay! Now comes the next thing: I want to have K12MIT, and it is no problem to compile or load the program. *But*: When

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-24 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Interesting. I couldn't save the pdp12 that was at my college 30 years ago (you can't fit that rack in the back of a station wagon) but I did grab a couple of boxes of LincTapes. I'd be happy to loan you a few if you want to see what's on them. C On 11/24/2021 5:17 AM, Christian Corti via cct

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-24 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Chris Zach wrote: Do you have a running pdp12? Yes :-) It is completely working including the display and both LINCtape drives. Christian

Re: K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-24 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Do you have a running pdp12? C On 11/24/2021 4:47 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: So, with the help of you here, I was able to create OS/8 LINCtapes and to run SerialDisk. Everything runs very fine. Now comes the next thing: I want to have K12MIT, and it is no problem to compile or loa

K12MIT on PDP-12

2021-11-24 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
So, with the help of you here, I was able to create OS/8 LINCtapes and to run SerialDisk. Everything runs very fine. Now comes the next thing: I want to have K12MIT, and it is no problem to compile or load the program. *But*: When I start K12MIT I don't get the prompt. I see the welcome messag