Re: RT-11 5.x install tapes?

2017-03-10 Thread John Wilson via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 08:56:34PM +0100, Jörg Hoppe via cctalk wrote: >- I saw that neither 5.5 nor 5.6 has no DD, but 5.0 -5.4G and 5.7 has. >Didn't understand the reason. They brought back some long-dead drivers for the final release. >- Also DD.MAC in the 5.0 - 5.4 and 5.7 changes often. >I

Re: RT-11 5.x install tapes?

2017-03-10 Thread Jörg Hoppe via cctalk
Alan, thanks! - I saw that neither 5.5 nor 5.6 has no DD, but 5.0 -5.4G and 5.7 has. Didn't understand the reason. - Also DD.MAC in the 5.0 - 5.4 and 5.7 changes often. I tested tu58fs with oversized TU58 tape for 5.3 and 5.7, the number of blocks is always patched into into offset 0x2c, 0x2d

Re: RT-11 5.x install tapes?

2017-03-10 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
I booted up RT-11 5.6, my install was done from original 5.6 floppies. I don’t find any sign of the DD driver, that could be because my /73 doesn’t have a TU58 drive, and I’m not sure where the floppies are right now. Booting 5.7 I find DD.MAC, my 5.7 install was from an original tape. Zane

RT-11 5.x install tapes?

2017-03-08 Thread Jörg Hoppe via cctalk
Hi all, for work on TU58 emulator "tu58fs" I'd like to experiment with oversized tape images under RT-11 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7. The images I know about are the classiccmp collections, Earl Evans pointed me to the RT11DV50.ISO archive. However, in these images the TU58 driver files