On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Robert Armstrong <b...@jfcl.com> wrote: >>but I brought RTS/8 up on real hardware 30 years ago. > > What communications hardware does it require?? A DP8/E? Or can it do > async DDCMP with a KL8/E?
As I said, I did not have DECnet/8 in hand 30 years ago, but it is why I was bothering to fiddle with RTS/8 back then, just for the possibility. I'd have to check the code to see what it wants. It appears, according to the following two 1977 DECUS floppy images... http://www.pdp8online.com/pdp8cgi/os8_html?act=dir;fn=images/misc_floppy/decus77_1.rx02;sort=name http://www.pdp8online.com/pdp8cgi/os8_html?act=dir;fn=images/misc_floppy/decus77_2.rx02;sort=name ... and this ancient discussion... http://marc.info/?l=classiccmp&m=122467874902272 ... and this manual... ftp://ftp.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/doc/decnet8.doc ... that you can choose your Interrupt Service Routine to suit your desired hardware from: KL8E | KL8ISR.PA KL8J-A | KL8ISR.PA KL8A | KL8ISR.PA KL8M | KL8ISR.PA DP8E | DP8ISR.PA DKC8-A | DKCISR.PA LOCAL | LCLISR.PA So, yes, DP8E, yes, KL8E, and more. -ethan _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh