That's all handy information. When I've done it I'll make a DSK file so others can mount it directly into Simh.
Bryan On 23 Jan 2018 21:39, "Christian Brunschen" <christ...@brunschen.com> wrote: > On 23 January 2018 at 21:34, Mark Abene <phi...@phiber.com> wrote: > >> I remember Columbia had an ASCII-encoded kermit binary which you could >> either print/load as paper tape, or copy/paste into an editor. >> > > The correct tense actually seems to be "has": > > http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/pdp11.html > >> Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-11 was (and is) a 16-bit mini- or >> microcomputer used in applications ranging from embedded device control to >> general-purpose timesharing. Several different Kermit programs are >> available for the PDP-11. >> >> *Kermit-11* is the Kermit software for Digital Equipment Corporation >> PDP-11 operating systems: RT-11, RSX-11, RSTS/E, IAS, P/OS, and (not a DEC >> OS) TSX+. Kermit-11 was written by Brian Nelson of the University of >> Toledo, Ohio, circa 1984-89, in PDP-11 assembly language, Macro-11. >> Separate programs, listed below, are available for other PDP-11 operating >> systems like UNIX and MUMPS. >> >> The Kermit-11 source code is available at our ftp site >> <ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/> in the kermit/b >> <ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/> subdirectory as k11*.mac, and you >> can find prebuilt-binaries for various operating systems and configurations >> inkermit/bin/ <ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/bin/>, as k11*.tsk or >> k11*.sav. If you are unfamiliar with FTP, or have problems with it, READ >> THIS <http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftphlp.html>. There are also >> various utilities -- hex encoders and decoders, etc -- written Macro-11, >> Fortran, and Basic in the kermit/b directory, along with all the >> Kermit-11 text files, whose names all start with "k11". >> > :) > > >> That's how I loaded KERMIT on my old RSTS/E V7 system. >> > > So that should all be still doable in much the same way now as it was then! > > >> -Mark >> > > // Christian > > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Bryan Davies <bryan.e.dav...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> But I've always wondered - how do you get Kermit onto the target machine? >>> >>> On 23 January 2018 at 20:16, Jordi Guillaumes Pons < >>> j...@jordi.guillaumes.name> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Jordi Guillaumes i Pons >>>> j...@jordi.guillaumes.name >>>> HECnet: BITXOW::JGUILLAUMES >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 23 Jan 2018, at 21:13, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> SAV files would be binaries (RT11 format). BAS are source files. >>>> >>>> There are a number of solutions. Text files you could load via paper >>>> tape, with the text file attached to the SIMH tape reader. That's not as >>>> good an answer for binaries though it could be made to work. >>>> >>>> Magtape or disk are better solutions. Disk works well if you have a >>>> program that can write disk images in a format the target OS knows. That's >>>> easy in this case; you can use my "flx" (RSTS File Exchange) program to do >>>> this. There's an older version written in C, a newer one written in Python >>>> 3. For the former, look in svn://akdesign.dyndns.org/flx/branches/V2.6, >>>> for the latter, in svn://akdesign.dyndns.org/flx/trunk. There's >>>> documentation for both in those respective directories. (Commments and bug >>>> reports, especially for the new version, would be appreciated.) >>>> >>>> >>>> There’s always kermit… >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Simh mailing list >>> Simh@trailing-edge.com >>> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Simh mailing list >> Simh@trailing-edge.com >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >> > >
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