[You must read this! Warren]
----- Forwarded message from Bob Supnik -----
From: Bob Supnik <bob.supnik(a)ljo.dec.com>
Subject: Simulator 2.2d release with demonstration software
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 19:56:40 -0500
This notice is being posted today in relevant Usenet conferences.
Thanks for your help in reaching a major milestone!
Computer History Simulators V2.2d: Release Notes
V2.2d is a major release of the simulators for the Computer History
project. It includes simulators for:
- Data General Nova
- Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8
- Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11
- Digital Equipment Corporation 18b PDP's
(PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-9, PDP-15)
- IBM 1401
These simulators are freeware. They are intended for personal or
educational use and are provided on an as-is basis. Support is not
available, and commercial use is prohibited. See the documentation
for debug status for each simulator.
This release also includes demonstration software for the PDP-8,
PDP-11, and Nova:
- RDOS V7.5 for the Nova
- OS/8 for the PDP-8
- UNIX V5, V6, and V7 for the PDP-11
The demonstration software is provided for personal, non-commercial
use, under license from its current owners (Data General for RDOS,
Digital Equipment Corporation for OS/8, and the Santa Cruz Operation
for UNIX). Please be sure to read the license agreements before using
or distributing the demonstration software. A copy of the appropriate
license agreement(s) must be included with any copy of the
demonstration software. I gratefully acknowledge the generous help
and support of Data General Corporation, Digital Equipment
Corporation, and the Santa Cruz Organization in making the
demonstration software and supporting license agreements available.
The simulator sources and documentation are contained in a compressed
tar archive on the public FTP server ftp.digital.com:
/pub/DEC/sim/sources/sim_2.2d.tar.Z
The simulators have been tested under Digital UNIX, VAX VMS, Alpha
VMS, and Intel Linux. A port to Windows 95/Windows NT is underway.
Porting to other little-endian UNIX systems is straightforward, but
porting to big-endian systems is not: data representations are endian
dependent.
The demonstration software and licenses are contained in multiple
compressed tar archives on the public FTP server ftp.digital.com:
/pub/DEC/sim/software/rdosswre.tar.Z - RDOS
/pub/DEC/sim/software/os8swre.tar.Z - OS/8
/pub/DEC/sim/software/uv5swre.tar.Z - UNIX V5
/pub/DEC/sim/software/uv6swre.tar.Z - UNIX V6
/pub/DEC/sim/software/uv7swre.tar.Z - UNIX V7
(Very) cursory instructions for using the demonstration software are
included in the simulator documentation.
The simulator project includes many contributions. For a more
detailed description of the simulator itself, and the many people who
helped with it, please see the (forthcoming) December 96 issue of the
Digital Technical Journal, which has an article on "Restoring Old
Computers" by Max Burnet and Bob Supnik.
YOU can contribute to the computer history project! The simulator is
an open-ended framework, and contributions are welcome, such as:
- further debuging of the existing simulators
- additional peripherals for existing simulators
- new software images for existing simulators
- new simulators
- terminal emulation routines for Windows 95/Windows NT
- ports to other operating environments
Please send your contributions to bob.supnik(a)ljo.dec.com.
----- End of forwarded message from Bob Supnik -----
>From Bob Supnik <bob.supnik(a)ljo.dec.com> Tue Dec 3 10:56:40 1996
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From: m(a)mbsks.franken.de (Matthias Bruestle)
Subject: Unix onto my new PDP-11
To: oldunix(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au (oldunix)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:17:59 +0100 (MET)
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Mahlzeit
I have here a PDP-11 which was used in a X-ray-"defractometer".
There was no Boot-disks or documentation.
Hardware:
3HE-19"-case (with a label VAXstation 3200) with an on/off-switch
and 6 buttons.
5,25"-FDD
3,5"-HDD (probably ST-506-type)
Fujitsu Model M2227D2
Type B03B-4815-B104A#B
On the side to the disk/floppy there are unused connectors:
Fixed Disk 0 (2 con.)
Fixed Disk 1 (2 con.)
Removable Disk 1&2 (1 con.)
It has 3 modules:
quad-size from Mentec with 4 connectors (serial ports)
quad-size from MDB with 4 unused connectors
dual-size from Dilog (connected to disk and floppy)
Software:
It is installed RT-11FB V5.04D.
The output from resorc/a is:
-------------------------------------------------------------
RT-11FB (S) V05.04 D
Booted from DU0:RT11FB
USR is set SWAP
EXIT is set SWAP
KMON is set NOIND
TT is set QUIET
ERROR is set ERROR
SL is set OFF
EDIT is set EDIT
KMON nesting depth is 3
PDP 11/73A Processor
512KB of memory
Floating Point Microcode
Extended Instruction Set (EIS)
Memory Management Unit
Cache Memory
50 Cycle System Clock
Memory parity support
FPU support
Device Status CSR Vector(s)
------ ------ --- ---------
SL Installed 000000 000
FW Not installed 177170 264
LD 131520 000000 000
DY Not installed 177170 264
VM 132472 177572 250
SP Installed 000000 110
XL Installed 176500 300 304
DL Not installed 174400 160
DU Resident 172150 154
LS Installed 176510 310 314
NL Installed 000000 000
TT (Resident) = LP
DU (Resident)
DU0 = SY
MQ (Resident)
LD (Loaded)
LD0 = DK
SL
VM (Loaded)
SP
XL
LS
NL
5 free slots
Job Name Console Level State Low High Impure
--- ---- ------- ----- ----- --- ---- ------
0 RESORC 0 0 Run 000000 131510 134576
No multi-terminal support
Address Module Words
------- ------ -----
160000 IOPAGE 4096.
155636 DU 561.
133220 RMON 4743.
132464 VM 174.
131512 LD 245.
001000 ..BG.. 22693.
LD0 is DU0:USER.DSK[50068.] = DK
LD4 is DU0:USER.DSK[50068.]
LD7 is DU0:PW.DSK[3000.]
-------------------------------------------------------------
I got somehow a M70>-Prompt (after a @-Prompt) and booted it with DU<Return>.
Can I make somehow a bootable floppy-backup?
Is it supported by V7 or another UNIX?
How big is the harddisk?
What device/size is the floppy? DK?
Is it possible to read/write these floppies with a PC?
Is it possible to make UNIX-boot/install-floppies with an emulator
and install with the UNIX on this PDP-11?
What did I forget to ask?
Thanks
endergone Zwiebeltuete
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>From "Robert Armstrong" <rarmstro(a)telesensory.com> Tue Dec 10 09:40:01 1996
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Warren,
I have a Micro-PDP 11/73 running 2_11BSD now, and a running 11/23+
system that I'd like to find a Unix for (currently it's running RT). The
11/23 lacks I&D space and therefore is unable to run 2_11BSD, and also
it's severely handicapped because its largest disk a RL02.
I also have a several other DEC non-Unix systems including a 11/730, a
PDP-8/A, and too many VAXstation-2000s and 3100s to count. All run
perfectly except the -8, which is my current project.
I have a some UNIBUS and QBUS spares, and even a few OMNIBUS parts, and
I'm always willing to trade with other collectors.
I'm afraid I know very little about Unix, but I do have some experience
with DEC hardware and would be happy to try and help out in this area.
Please do not reply to this account - my home email address is
bob(a)poco-adagio.santa-clara.ca.us
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
