If you know how to handle magtapes on RSTS, you can make a tape image. On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:43:03 +0000 Bryan Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 23 January 2018 at 21:34, Mark Abene <[email protected]> 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 > >> <[email protected]> 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 < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Jordi Guillaumes i Pons > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> HECnet: BITXOW::JGUILLAUMES > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 23 Jan 2018, at 21:13, Paul Koning <[email protected]> > >>>> 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 > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Simh mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
