Well v7 binary runs seemingly well on my 11/73 with the kitchen sink
(the extra and unusable accouterments). It doesn't use much though!
The Rl02 disk does have about 5mb space.
One thing I'd like to do is have some additional storage other than the
one RL02 drive I have. I figure that could easily be a RX02 but it's not
obvious how to add that (to V7unix that is). The RQDX3/RD52 would be
nice but I'll settle for a RX01/2.
The other is the date is 1988... month and day are setable but year?
Is there any way to get it to stay in 8/n/1 (my system(s) default) rather
than 7/e/1.
The last one bugged me some... there is no shutdown! To kill the system
all I could do was make sure there weren't any excess processes running
do a sync and hit restart. I assume this is ok as I use the same method
for venix on the pro350, so far I haven't mashed that system.
Allison
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In article by Allison J Parent:
> One thing I'd like to do is have some additional storage other than the
> one RL02 drive I have. I figure that could easily be a RX02 but it's not
> obvious how to add that (to V7unix that is). The RQDX3/RD52 would be
> nice but I'll settle for a RX01/2.
The kernel you got probably doesn't have much else. I could build another
kernel for you. Once you get the source license, you'll be able to do it
youself!
> The other is the date is 1988... month and day are setable but year?
# man date
DATE(1) DATE(1)
NAME
date - print and set the date
SYNOPSIS
date [ yymmddhhmm [ .ss ] ]
DESCRIPTION
If no argument is given, the current date and time are
printed. If an argument is given, the current date is
set. yy is the last two digits of the year; the first mm
is the month number; dd is the day number in the month; hh
is the hour number (24 hour system); the second mm is the
minute number; .ss is optional and is the seconds.
> Is there any way to get it to stay in 8/n/1 (my system(s) default) rather
> than 7/e/1.
What serial devices do you have? I think V7 expected hardwired things
like KL-11s.
Anyway, here's some of the stty(1) manual.
SYNOPSIS
stty [ option ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Stty sets certain I/O options on the current output termi-
nal. With no argument, it reports the current settings of
the options. The option strings are selected from the
following set:
even allow even parity
-even disallow even parity
odd allow odd parity
-odd disallow odd parity
50 75 110 134 150 200 300 600 1200 1800 2400 4800 9600
exta extb
Set terminal baud rate to the number given, if
possible. (These are the speeds supported by the
DH-11 interface).
> The last one bugged me some... there is no shutdown! To kill the system
> all I could do was make sure there weren't any excess processes running
> do a sync and hit restart. I assume this is ok as I use the same method
> for venix on the pro350, so far I haven't mashed that system.
I think that's all you could do.
Warren
P.S Online mans at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/manpages.html
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Thanks Warren,
<Have a look at http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/pupsfaq.html
I'll go back and reread it.
>>>>>< @unix <<<<<<<
THAT'S what I was trying to remember!
Allison
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Thanks to a member I now have V7 (supnik) Binary on RL02 to try out.
Several questions:
What hardware does it expect (besides RL02)? This is so I can configure
the 11/73 or 11/23 as it expects.
When I boot it on the 11/73 (1mb ram, RLV21, RX02, RQDX3(rd52/RX33),
DLV11j currently) using RT-11 BOOT/FOREIGN I do get a "@" and it's
not ODT. What commands do I issues to get going from there?
Allison
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Subject: Re: V7 startup
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In article by Allison J Parent:
>
> Thanks to a member I now have V7 (supnik) Binary on RL02 to try out.
>
> Several questions:
>
> What hardware does it expect (besides RL02)? This is so I can configure
> the 11/73 or 11/23 as it expects.
Have a look at http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/pupsfaq.html
> When I boot it on the 11/73 (1mb ram, RLV21, RX02, RQDX3(rd52/RX33),
> DLV11j currently) using RT-11 BOOT/FOREIGN I do get a "@" and it's
> not ODT. What commands do I issues to get going from there?
Instructions are in Bob Supnik's emulator readme:
2.1.3 UNIX V7
UNIX V7 is contained on a single RL02 disk image. To boot UNIX:
sim> set cpu 18b
sim> set rl0 RL02
sim> att rl0 unix_v7_rl.dsk
sim> boot rl0
@unix
login: root
password: pdp
# ls -l
Warren
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Maybe I'm just being overly pedantic, or maybe I don't understand US
customs that well, but I can't work out where to sign the SCO license
agreement. Can anybody tell me?
Greg
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Subject: Re: Where do you sign the SCO License agreement
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In article by Greg Lehey:
> Maybe I'm just being overly pedantic, or maybe I don't understand US
> customs that well, but I can't work out where to sign the SCO license
> agreement. Can anybody tell me?
Should I put this in the getlicense web page?
Warren
F. The AUTHORIZED COUNTRY for this Agreement shall be ______________________.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized representatives.
LICENSEE: THE SANTA CRUZ OPERATION, INC.
__________________________________ <--- Greg Lehey Mr
Name Title
__________________________________ <--- Your address
Address
__________________________________
Address
__________________________________
Address
__________________________________
By <---- Ignore, hangover from old
AT&T licences where
__________________________________ organisational license
Print or Type Name and title (named above) is authorised
by an individual (here)
__________________________________
Phone and FAX, please <--- Phone, fax, email address
__________________________________
Email address - required
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On Mon, 16 March 1998 at 16:02:01 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Greg Lehey:
>> Maybe I'm just being overly pedantic, or maybe I don't understand US
>> customs that well, but I can't work out where to sign the SCO license
>> agreement. Can anybody tell me?
>
> Should I put this in the getlicense web page?
A good idea, but...
I hate to appear obtuse, but this doesn't tell me either. Are you
saying I should sign where it says "By"?
Greg
> F. The AUTHORIZED COUNTRY for this Agreement shall be ______________________.
>
> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
> executed by their duly authorized representatives.
>
> LICENSEE: THE SANTA CRUZ OPERATION, INC.
>
> __________________________________ <--- Greg Lehey Mr
> Name Title
>
> __________________________________ <--- Your address
> Address
>
> __________________________________
> Address
>
> __________________________________
> Address
>
> __________________________________
> By <---- Ignore, hangover from old
> AT&T licences where
> __________________________________ organisational license
> Print or Type Name and title (named above) is authorised
> by an individual (here)
> __________________________________
> Phone and FAX, please <--- Phone, fax, email address
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Subject: Re: Where do you sign the SCO License agreement
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In article by Greg Lehey:
> On Mon, 16 March 1998 at 16:02:01 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> > In article by Greg Lehey:
> >> Maybe I'm just being overly pedantic, or maybe I don't understand US
> >> customs that well, but I can't work out where to sign the SCO license
> >> agreement. Can anybody tell me?
> >
> > Should I put this in the getlicense web page?
>
> A good idea, but...
>
> I hate to appear obtuse, but this doesn't tell me either. Are you
> saying I should sign where it says "By"?
No, just fill in the top section. Leave the `by' section alone, as you
ARE your own representative.
The only time you'd fill out the bottom section is if you were buying
a license for a company, e.g
Sproggs Inc.
5 Looney road,
SPOTSWOLD. NSW. 2001
by
Warren Toomey
etc etc etc.
Hope this helps.
Warren
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>From Stacy Minkin <stacy(a)asia.uznet.net> Mon Mar 16 17:00:16 1998
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Hi pdp people!
Few days ago I wrote about my hardware problems and asked
for hardware guru. Now I've solved some of them -
I checked my backplane and it was 18-bits I wired
insufficient A19-A21 signals and my CPU acessed memory and
now it runs ok. But! I still do not know what happens to
my RQDX3!
I know that this question has little relation to UNIX
and apologize for that.
I hardly suspect circuitry fault but may be some
other reasons. It looks like this:
-My RQDX3 is now connected to simple 5-inch floppy drive
when I power up the machine I see no activity on ANY
pin of RQDX3 to RQDX SIG. DIST. 50-pin connector! I mean
there is no triggering signals hence my floppy
also does nothing. When I try to execute bootstrap or
simply debug RQDX3 registers from console it looks like this:
RESET
CLR @#1772150
<checking 1772152 - it holds 5500 - kinda normal>
MOV #100000,@#1772152 ; controller passes INIT step 1
; no ints enabled, no vector specified,
; UDA OWN bit set. Rings are zero length
<checking 1772152 - it holds 10000 - step one passed>
MOV #xxxxxx,@#1772152 ; controller passes INIT step 2
; specifying low address bits
<checking 1772152 - it holds 20000 or something alike -
no error bit is set - I'm sure- step2 passed>
MOV #0,@#1772152 ; controller passes INIT step 3 - specifying
; high address bits>
<here we can wait for eternity!!!!!!!! Step 3 will never complete>
Does anybody know what does it mean? I also have TMSCP TQK70
controller but no tape drive for it. When I try to run it there
is absolutely similar situation - I think this happens each time
[T]MSCP controller tries to powerup without any drives connected to it.
So I'm looking for help from somebody who can give a hint
about which signal should i check to assertain in absence of hardware fault.
I have no drawings for RQDX3 neither user's guide. It can even be caused
by wrong setting of switches/jumpers - I dont know.
Stacy.
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Greg,
Since none of the responses seem to really answer your question,
here's what I did:
I signed my name on the very first line where it says "Name".
I then printed my name on the line where it says "Print or Type Name".
If this is incorrect, I guess I'll get it back!
Dave
Warren Toomey wrote:
>
> In article by Greg Lehey:
> > On Mon, 16 March 1998 at 16:02:01 +1100, Warren Toomey wrote:
> > > In article by Greg Lehey:
> > >> Maybe I'm just being overly pedantic, or maybe I don't understand US
> > >> customs that well, but I can't work out where to sign the SCO license
> > >> agreement. Can anybody tell me?
> > >
> > > Should I put this in the getlicense web page?
> >
> > A good idea, but...
> >
> > I hate to appear obtuse, but this doesn't tell me either. Are you
> > saying I should sign where it says "By"?
>
> No, just fill in the top section. Leave the `by' section alone, as you
> ARE your own representative.
>
> The only time you'd fill out the bottom section is if you were buying
> a license for a company, e.g
>
> Sproggs Inc.
> 5 Looney road,
> SPOTSWOLD. NSW. 2001
>
> by
>
> Warren Toomey
> etc etc etc.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Warren
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Subject: Re: Does anybody have an assembler in C?
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Tim Shoppa I believe is familiar with the "chip" or "sunchip" tar bundle
that contained a PDP-11 C compiler, assembler and loader. I could swear
the assember was in C - I am sure because I recall fighting with all the
code to port it a long time ago to another UNIX box. Now I was the jerk
that kept saying "gee that C compiler sure looks a lot like the V6/V7
C compiler" (yeah I know they are different - I never bothered to go into
the details of precisely which one it matched more closely). If Tim
does not still have the contents I know I've got it archived away and
can fetch that part for you. -- Ken
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|
| I'm trying to set up a cross-development environment for 2.11BSD
| (running under 4.4BSD), and I've run into trouble because the
| assembler's written in, well, assembler. It would be Real Convenient
| if I could find an assembler written in C. Does anybody know of one?
|
| Greg
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> Tim Shoppa I believe is familiar with the "chip" or "sunchip" tar bundle
> that contained a PDP-11 C compiler, assembler and loader.
Vaguely. I'll try to track down the exact reference - I'm not
sure whether your referring to the DECUS C package or not.
> code to port it a long time ago to another UNIX box. Now I was the jerk
> that kept saying "gee that C compiler sure looks a lot like the V6/V7
> C compiler" (yeah I know they are different - I never bothered to go into
> the details of precisely which one it matched more closely).
I seem to recall that the DECUS C compiler is written in MACRO-11 assembly -
and pretty much a straight translation of the V6/V7 C compiler - but
with different run time libraries for RSX and RT-11. Does
this ring a bell? Or am I completely on the wrong track?
Tim.
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Subject: Re: Does anybody have an assembler in C?
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> > Tim Shoppa I believe is familiar with the "chip" or "sunchip" tar bundle
> > that contained a PDP-11 C compiler, assembler and loader.
>
> Vaguely. I'll try to track down the exact reference - I'm not
> sure whether your referring to the DECUS C package or not.
Taking a quick look at the DECUS C package, I see that isn't the answer.
There's an "as"-style assembler there written in MACRO-11, though :-).
I think you were referring to the XINU-11 package available by anonymous
ftp from sunsite:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/xinu
in particular, if you look in
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/xinu/
unpacked/src/cmd/as11
you'll find the "as11" sources in C, specifically written for BSD4.3 on
a VAX.
I have to admit that I'm not fully aware of the copyrights regarding
the XINU package. If research shows that this is freely distributable,
is this something we'd want to distribute through the PUPS archive,
Warren?
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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>From Ken Wellsch <kcwellsc(a)math.uwaterloo.ca> Thu Mar 12 04:22:47 1998
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Subject: Re: Does anybody have an assembler in C?
To: shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca (Tim Shoppa)
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Tim,
No, the DECUS C compiler is a very different kettle of fish. Sorry to
be so vague - I can only go by memory now as all my archived info is on
CD-ROM's at home. Back in the mid to late 80's a few folks made available
a bundle put together by the folks at Purdue I think - I believe it was
related to Dr. Comer (sp?) and the Xinu stuff - but this bundle was
intended to provide a compiler environment on SunOS systems of the mid
80's to teach lower level system stuff - I've forgotten if it related
to simulating an 11 or was instead just for a cross-compiler environment
to build Xinu mini-kernels on faster platforms to then download to the LSI
11 testbed. One place I picked it up (via FTP) called it "sunchip.tar.Z"
or similar, while another I think just called it "chip.tar.Z."
I mentioned you only because I do remember grabbing it from your sunsite
archive while you were still at Caltech and later sending e-mail WRT the
licensing thing.
-- Ken
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|
| > Tim Shoppa I believe is familiar with the "chip" or "sunchip" tar bundle
| > that contained a PDP-11 C compiler, assembler and loader.
|
| Vaguely. I'll try to track down the exact reference - I'm not
| sure whether your referring to the DECUS C package or not.
|
| > code to port it a long time ago to another UNIX box. Now I was the jerk
| > that kept saying "gee that C compiler sure looks a lot like the V6/V7
| > C compiler" (yeah I know they are different - I never bothered to go into
| > the details of precisely which one it matched more closely).
|
| I seem to recall that the DECUS C compiler is written in MACRO-11 assembly -
| and pretty much a straight translation of the V6/V7 C compiler - but
| with different run time libraries for RSX and RT-11. Does
| this ring a bell? Or am I completely on the wrong track?
|
| Tim.
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Subject: Re: Does anybody have an assembler in C?
To: shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca (Tim Shoppa)
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In article by Tim Shoppa:
> I have to admit that I'm not fully aware of the copyrights regarding
> the XINU package. If research shows that this is freely distributable,
> is this something we'd want to distribute through the PUPS archive,
> Warren?
>
> Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
Xinu is freely distributable, as long as it's not sold as a competing
product to Doug Comer's book. It's in the archive.
Another solution for a assembler in C is some stuff I've got from a
Russian, who `ported' either cc or pcc to a Sparc, as a cross-compiler.
Greg, have a look in .miscfiles. If someone can make some order out of
this, I'll put it in the archive.
To the PUPS readers, there is a whole lot of stuff I've got but I haven't
added into the PUPS ARchive as yet:
+ System V (SCO license doesn't include it)
+ copyright stuff I haven't cleared it's release yet
+ unsorted jumble Someone has to categorise this
I could put the unsorted jumble into the PUPS Archive. Yes or no?
P.S Woke up to a barrage of email today. Wading thru it....
Warren
On Mar 8, 11:35, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> A non-legal question: the system identifies itself as "v6" when it
> boots, but there is a "v7.h" header file in the /sys directory.
> Is this maybe really a V7 system? Or maybe from an era when the
> trnasition from V6 to V7 was being made? Datestamps on the files
> are from 1982.
That would cerainly put it well into the v7 era 9by thre years). But there
were several differences, as I'm sure Tim knows, and some people didn't change.
I'd guess this one has back-ported some v7 stuff onto what was otherwise a
'legacy' system.
I think the RL02 drivers were written in Boston for v7 (or am I thinking of the
RX02 driver?). Maybe v7.h has something to do with allowing this driver to be
used?
> Note that although the system was generated for a 11/23, it's
> running on a 11/73. The fact that it has more memory than "max" seems
> to confuse the system horribly when it goes into multi-user mode. Short
> of doing a lobotomy, is there any way to get around this?
I don't know, but if anyone else does, please tell! My 11/23 system has a
kernel panic if I try to run it on an 11/73 (by swapping out the CPU board).
> # LS GAMES
> ADVENT CHESS CUBIC TTT WUMP
> BJ CORE MOO TTT.K WUMPUS
Interesting... ADVENT is missing from my v7. Any chance of a copy?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
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Subject: Re: V6 RL02 images. Binary or Source?
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> That would cerainly put it well into the v7 era 9by thre years). But there
> were several differences, as I'm sure Tim knows, and some people didn't change.
> I'd guess this one has back-ported some v7 stuff onto what was otherwise a
> 'legacy' system.
>
> I think the RL02 drivers were written in Boston for v7 (or am I thinking of the
> RX02 driver?). Maybe v7.h has something to do with allowing this driver to be
> used?
Well, this is what V7.h says:
#DEFINE V7CODE 7 /* IF COMPILING V7 COMPATIBLE CODE */
#DEFINE V7 (U.U_SYSTEM == V7CODE)
and this is what a config file looks like:
# CAT CONFIG.MLAB
# CONFIGURATION FOR EXTENDED CARE PATHOLOGY SYSTEM WITH RL
CONSOLE
SYS
MEM
RL
RX2
ROOT RL 0
SWAP RL 0 19000 1480
CPU 23
FPU
DL 5
LTC
It also looks like there's support in the sources for 11/34's and 11/45's,
in addition to the 11/23:
# CD CONF
# LS
ADEVS C.C DATA.S L-MLAB.S MAKE-MLAB
BDEVS C.TM F23.O L.S MAKEFILE
CDEVS C23.C F23.S L23.S MKCONF.C
MAKEFILE CONFIG F45.S M23.S SYSFIX
C-MLAB.C CONFIG.AWK KDWORD.S M34.S SYSFIX.C
C-MLAB.O CONFIG.MLAB L-MLAB.O M45.S
> > Note that although the system was generated for a 11/23, it's
> > running on a 11/73. The fact that it has more memory than "max" seems
> > to confuse the system horribly when it goes into multi-user mode. Short
> > of doing a lobotomy, is there any way to get around this?
>
> I don't know, but if anyone else does, please tell! My 11/23 system has a
> kernel panic if I try to run it on an 11/73 (by swapping out the CPU board).
Maybe it is the CPU and not the memory that's causing the problem - I was
probably a bit premature in jumping to the conculsion about the memory
(perhaps my 2.9BSD experiences aren't applicable here.)
> > # LS GAMES
> > ADVENT CHESS CUBIC TTT WUMP
> > BJ CORE MOO TTT.K WUMPUS
>
> Interesting... ADVENT is missing from my v7. Any chance of a copy?
Sure. Warren's already moved the RL02 image to Boot_images in the PUPS
archive, and at some point someone (me? Warren?) might find enough
copious free time to strip out the sources.
The big problem with this V6 system at the moment is that I can't find
the 'mount' executable. I suspect that the system manager might have removed
or (more likely) renamed it as a security precaution. (Security? Unix?
well, you can try...) I'd like to mount one of the user disks on a
second RL drive, but without 'mount' this is hard. Anyone have any ideas?
"/dev/rl1" is real and works fine, as I can "od /dev/rl1" without a problem.
# MOUNT /DEV/RL0 /MNT
MOUNT NOT FOUND
# CD /
# LS -A
. ETC MNT RX UNIX.RXRL
.. FIXOWNER MNT1 SRC UNIX.TMP
.MAIL HMBOOT MNT2 SYS USR
.PROFILE JUNK NAMES TMP V7BOOT
A.OUT LIB OLDUNIX UNIX X
BIN LIB.OLD OLDUNIX.25.7 UNIX.JONES XLIB
DEV LOOP RLUBOOT UNIX.MLAB
# CAT .PROFILE
V7=YES
UMASK 002
HOME=\'PWD\'
: MAIL=$HOME/.MAIL
B=$HOME/BIN
PATH=:$B:/BIN:/USR/BIN:/USR/BIN/V7:/USR/UCB
PS1="$ "
UPTIME
: 'ECHO -N "FORTUNE: "; /USR/GAMES/FORTUNE'
# LS /BIN
A DB GREP NEWGRP SH.V7
ANVART DC HELP NM SH.YALE
AR DCHECK ICHECK OAS SIZE
AR-NEW DD IF OCC SORT
AR-OLD DF KILL OD STRIP
AS DISKCOPY L OLDCHEF STTY
AT DISKCOPY.OLD LD OLS SU
AWK DSW LINK OPR SUM
BAS DU LIST OXY SYNC
BYE DUMP LN PASSWD TIME
CAT E LOGIN PGS TP
CC ECHO LPR PR TP.OLD
CDB ED LS PS TS
CHGRP EXIT LST RESTOR TTY
CHMOD F MAIL REW UNIQ
CHOWN FC MAKE RM WHO
CLRI FF MENU RMDIR WRITE
CMP FILE MKDIR SH XTP
CP FS MV SH.BELL XY
CSH FTN NCC SH.DEFAULT
DATE GOTO NCHECK SH.TEST
# LS /USR/BIN
! DIFF GSI NCCC SPLIT
STTY DIFFDIR HACK NICE SRCCOM
AC DITTO HEAD NMS STARTLP
ARCV DOSCVT HEX NOHUP STOP
ASA DOSDT IGNORE NOPARITY STRINGS
BANNER DOUBLE INDEX NROFF SYSMON
BASIC DOWN INFO OFFLINE TABEXP
BATCHCARDS DRIBBLE IUL ONLINE TABS
BC DSTAT JOIN PARITY TB
BCD DTC KWT PF TCON
BCPIO DTCOPY LABELS PFE TEE
BCPL DTFS LAST PFSH TOASA
BEEP ENTER LC PFWAIT TOUCH
C EOT LENGTH PG TR
CAL ERASE LIBGEN PLOT TRIM
CAP EXPAND LIBSORT PLOTTER TSET
CCC FDB LINES PP TT
CHDATE FED LINKER PPR TX4010
CHEF FERR LISP PROF TXOFF
CHK FEXPR LOADVFU PT TXON
CKDIR FIELDS LOC PWD TYPO
CLEAR FILDES LOCK QP U2L
COL FIND LONG RADPK UC
COLS FIX LPI RC UNARCV
COMM FIXLEN M2U READPPT V0CVT
COST FMT M2U.OLD REFS V7CVT
CPALL FMT_INDEX M6 ROFF VT125PLOT
CPIO FMTCARD MAN RTDT WC
CREF FMTINDEX MARK RTLD WHERE
CRPOST FMTSORT MESG RULER WIPE
CRYPT FOLD MNTBIN RUN WRAP
CS FORM MPLOT RX2FMT XFS
CS2 FSIZE MPLOT.HIDDEN RXFMT ZERO
CTL GAMES MTS SA
CVTRT GENDATE MTSFS SKULK
DBL GRAB MVDIR SLEEP
# LS /USR/BIN/V7
/USR/BIN/V7 NOT FOUND
# LS /USR/UCB
MAIL DRIBBLE.OUT GREP PIX SSP
APROPOS EX HEAD PRINT STRINGS
ASTAGS EX.OLD IUL PRINTENV TMP
CKDIR EXPAND LAST PTAGS TOD
CLEAR EYACC LOCK PX TRA
CLOCK FLEECE LS PX34 TSET
CR3 FMT.UCB MAKEWHATIS PXP UNTMP
CTAGS FOLD MAN PXP34 VI
CXREF FROM MKSTR PXREF W
DAYTIME FTAGS MSGS RESET WHATIS
DIFFDIR FUNNY NUM SEE WHEREIS
DOUBLE GETNAME PI SETENV WHOAMI
DRIBBLE GETS PI34 SOELIM XSTR
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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> The big problem with this V6 system at the moment is that I can't find
> the 'mount' executable.
Many thanks to Pete Turnbull, who pointed me towards /etc/mount.
Some of the "user" disks appear to be corrupted. Anyone care to tell
me where to find fsck?
Tim.
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Subject: Whither fsck (was: Re: V6 RL02 images. Binary or Source?)
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Tim,
fsck doesn't exist yet in the V6 world. you want icheck and dcheck... they
need at least one argument which should be the name of a raw device
containing the filesystem you want to check. (Using the block device anme
will work but be much, much slower.)
---
Milo Velimirovic <Milo.Velimirovic(a)uwlax.edu>
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Information Technology Services -- Network Services
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>> The big problem with this V6 system at the moment is that I can't find
>> the 'mount' executable.
>
>Many thanks to Pete Turnbull, who pointed me towards /etc/mount.
>
>Some of the "user" disks appear to be corrupted. Anyone care to tell
>me where to find fsck?
>
>Tim.
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>From Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au> Tue Mar 10 10:40:59 1998
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Subject: Just in from Dion
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Guys,
Just got this in from Dion re the license. No word as to date of
availability yet, I did say `we're waiting....' though.
I sent Dion a draft set of instructions on how to get the license.
Part of his return email goes:
> 4. For AUTHORIZED COUNTRY, I suggest writing:
>
> All countries not excluded by Section 5.2
Yes, very good. I have no idea how to find that damned
govt list. I think our reference is out of date but who
> 5. You need to list the DESIGNATED CPUs. [Do we? I can't see where
> on the draft to fill this in] If you have PDP-11 hardware,
> list the number and models of PDP-11s, e.g
No, it doesnt say that. It says that on our request, you must
furnish the list, but we dont demand it up front. In practice,
I doubt we will ever ask anyone to furnish this, much less
do an on-site visit. Of course, it might be a fun way to
win a trip to Australia if I volunteer to go on a tour to
see that our highly valuable intellectual property is
being treated right... ;-)
That sounds good to me.
Warren
>From Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au> Wed Mar 11 13:16:06 1998
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From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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To: unixarc(a)minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
Subject: PDP-11 UNIX Src Licenses Available
Hello, you are receiving this mail for one of the following reasons:
+ you signed a petition urging SCO to make source licenses for
PDP-11 UNIX available
+ your filled in a survey detailing what you wanted in such a
source license
+ you are a member of the PUPS mailing list
I am glad to announce that, as a result of the petition, SCO have made
source licenses available for most versions of PDP-11 UNIX. The essential
details of the license are:
Covers research Editions 1 to 7, and 32V.
Covers derived versions of UNIX which ran on PDP-11s.
Specifically excludes System V onwards.
Full source code, binaries and documentation.
Personal, non-commercial use.
Exchange of sources and modifications to other licensees.
Non-disclosure to unlicensed people.
The cost is US$100. Details on how to obtain the license are available at
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/getlicense.html
SCO will not ship any media with this license. The PDP-11 Unix Preservation
Society has a number of volunteers who are prepared to cut CD-ROMs and tapes
in order to distribute the PUPS Archive of old Unix software to licensed
people. Details about this archive are available at
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/pupsfaq.html
We would like a few more licensed people to volunteer to create CD-ROMs and
tapes, to take the load off the existing volunteers.
Finally, none of this would have been possible without the immense support
which we received from Dion Johnson within SCO. He battled with the legal
eagles over a period of 18 months or so to make the license available. If
you can, please send Dion a thank you card at the address
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
400 Encinal Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1900
United States of America
Attention: Dion Johnson
This will be a surprise for him, but I'm sure he will appreciate your
thanks.
In turn, I would like to thank you all for your support. Without the
signatures on the petition, none of this would have been possible.
Warren Toomey wkt(a)cs.adfa.oz.au
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From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)henry.cs.adfa.oz.au>
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Subject: SCO PDP-11 Licenses Available
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Most of you on the PUPS mailing list should have received notice that SCO
are now selling the PDP-11 Unix source licenses we have been waiting so long
for. If not, details are on the PUPS web page, and at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/getlicense.html
We only have 6 volunteers ready to write media (CDs, tapes) holding the
archive of PDP-11 Unix material. Anybody else want to volunteer?
SCO will let us set up password-protected ftp sites. I will set up the
PUPS archive here for password-protected ftp. Would anybody else be prepared
to mirror this and also provide password-protected ftp? I'd like one
in the US and one in Europe.
Cheers all,
Warren
On Mar 5, 12:59, Stacy Minkin wrote:
> Currently I've started KDF11 and it seems to be ok.
> Problems are: It has lots of switches (the same for MSV-11 boards and
> RQDX3 and all of that)
You probably don't need to change anyhing on the RQDX3 -- they're usually set
up correctly (because they'e not often changed :-)
> Same story with RQDX3 - currently I have no RDx disks so I thought
> that boot my system from RX50 is not a bad idea... I've plugged
> standard 5 inch floppy to RQDX3 sig. dist. connector labeled "RX50"
> and fired up the machine. Got nothing.
During init, the RQDX3 probes the disk(s) to see what's there. For a floppy,
it checks for an RX50 by selecting the drive, finding track zero, and then
switching the side select. On a real RX50, which actually behaves as two
separate single-sided drives, this turns off the track zero signal; but not on
any normal drive. There's a way to fool it, but you need to modify the drive
or add a little circuitry. However, if you can find an RX33-compatible drive,
that would be more useful anyway.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
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> Those new machine is the
> main reason for joining to this list for me.
> It includes: KDF-11 CPU, RQDX3, DHQ11 8 line async option,
> TQK70 tape controller, 1.5Mbyte of memory etc. etc.
> I also have the complete BSD2.9 source distribution
> in tar file and like to run all of the above.
Big problem: BSD2.9 doesn't support your disk (RQDX3) or tape (TQK70)
controllers. I'd suggest BSD2.11, but it doesn't run on your CPU.
> Currently I've started KDF11 and it seems to be ok.
> Problems are: It has lots of switches (the same for MSV-11 boards and
> RQDX3 and all of that) and have very little docs about
> how to set it correctly.
The best place to ask about these things would be the usenet newsgroup
vmsnet.pdp-11.
Tim.
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Hi -
> From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa(a)alph02.triumf.ca>
> > Those new machine is the main reason for joining to this list for me.
> > It includes: KDF-11 CPU, RQDX3, DHQ11 8 line async option,
> > TQK70 tape controller, 1.5Mbyte of memory etc. etc.
>
> Big problem: BSD2.9 doesn't support your disk (RQDX3) or tape (TQK70)
> controllers. I'd suggest BSD2.11, but it doesn't run on your CPU.
That's almost two problems :-)
It might be possible to retrofit [T]MSCP support into 2.9 but it would
be a lot of work and a system with both MSCP and non-MSCP devices
would be required.
Swapping out the cpu card for a KDJ-11AB (M8192 if my memory hasn't
completely faded) wouldn't be too expensive and would speed things
up too. Hmmm, might need a MXV11 bootrom card. Perhaps a KDJ-11BB
would be a better way to go.
Steven Schultz
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>From "Daniel A. Seagraves" <DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com> Fri Mar 6 06:23:21 1998
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Subject: Just got V7 going on 11/83...
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I just got V7 to load on my 11/83. Killes 2 hours playing wump.
Who says you need grpahics for games?
:)
Anyway, I know there's no source liscense yet, but can I get someone to
build a kernel for me? I wouldn't have to see source... It'd be real neat
to hang this off a termserver and allow telnets... I'm gonna do that
with my RSTS box real soon, the only limitation here is that V7 is only built
with support for the console.
I have the V7 image downloaded from DEC. I kermitted it to the 83, and did
COPY v7.DSK/FILE DL0:/DEVICE
It truncated something, but FSCK says the pack is fine.
I have to load RT-11 from the MSCP, then say BOOT/FOR DL0: to start V7, though
because if I tell the ROM to load DL0, it dies saying the disk isn't bootable.
But at least it runs!
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Hello,
I'm trying to revive a PDP 11/04, but not having much luck at the moment..
I got a serial terminal hooked up to it, and upon bootup, it gives me the
following on the display:
<triangle sign><triangle sign> 177777 177776
$
apparently, $ is some sort of a prompt. It only accepts two characters,
and after, it seems, any pair of characters, will go on and give me a new
prompt.
Is this some sort of a ROM debugger? What can I tell it? I think I've
tried almost every combination of 2 letters without any success..
Some info about the PDP:
It's a 11/04, with a dual 8" floppy drive and some big cage made by MTS,
with nothing in it but a large number of slots. Has some buttons saying
'STATION 1 DUMP', 'STATION 2 DUMP', and so on.. The floppy drive has two
8" floppies in it, one of them appears to be some sort of a system floppy,
the other has no label.
Does this look like even remotely salvageable? :)
-- [ Nickolai Zeldovich // nickolai(a)zepa.net ]
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Subject: Re: PDP Prompt?
To: kolya(a)zepa.net (Nickolai Zeldovich)
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> I'm trying to revive a PDP 11/04, but not having much luck at the moment..
> I got a serial terminal hooked up to it, and upon bootup, it gives me the
> following on the display:
>
> <triangle sign><triangle sign> 177777 177776
> $
>
> apparently, $ is some sort of a prompt. It only accepts two characters,
> and after, it seems, any pair of characters, will go on and give me a new
> prompt.
>
> Is this some sort of a ROM debugger? What can I tell it? I think I've
> tried almost every combination of 2 letters without any success..
Commands available at this prompt include:
L<space>nnnnnn<CR> - to set an address
E<space> - to examine the address set with L
D<space>nnnnnn<CR> - to deposit at an address set with L
S<CR> - begin running at the loaded address
The console ROM is very picky; all letters need to be in upper case,
and you need to type <space> and <CR> in exactly the right places.
It's also very stupid, in that if you try to Examine or Deposit to
a non-existent address, the only clue you get is that the RUN light on
the goes out and you have restart it from the front.
> It's a 11/04, with a dual 8" floppy drive and some big cage made by MTS,
> with nothing in it but a large number of slots. Has some buttons saying
> 'STATION 1 DUMP', 'STATION 2 DUMP', and so on.. The floppy drive has two
> 8" floppies in it, one of them appears to be some sort of a system floppy,
> the other has no label.
>
> Does this look like even remotely salvageable? :)
It'll never run a modernish Unix, but it will run RT-11 just fine.
Is the floppy controller a DEC RX211 (M8256) or RX11 (M7846) or some
third-party clone? Are there any boot ROM's on the M9312? The RX01
boot ROM is 23-753A9, and the RX02 boot rom is 23-811A9. If you've
got a third party RX clone controller, it may have the boot ROM on that
board. Try examining addresses 173000, 173200, 173400, 173600, and
171000 to see if a boot ROM might be living at any of these addresses.
As this is very non-Unix related, you might want to ask any other questions
you have on a more general PDP-11 related forum, such as the Usenet newsgroup
"vmsnet.pdp-11".
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
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>What backplane? There are 16, 18 and 22 bit address backplanes and
>using the smaller with the larger memory generally does not work and
>give an address error.
>I prefer to use part/model number like H9273(a backplane) or
>M8259(memory).
How actually distinguish these backplanes?
I can check whether extended address lines are routed to slots, if
it sufficient - ok. If not - are there more differencies?
>What you need is a copy of the dec hand books that list all those details.
>Any of the volumes from the mid to late 80s would help.
No chance to get it in xUSSR!
>Standard floppy? You can use a DEC RX50 or an RX33(teacfd55gfv). If
>using the latter *all* of the jumper must be set up correctly in the
>drive. The RX33 is a 1.2m 5.25" drive with speed select. You cannot
>use a PC 5.25 360k drive or a 3.5" drive(actually it's possible but,
>very non standard and unhelpful to you at this time).
Which logical drive address should be set on floppy?
>Unless the jumpers or switches on the RQDX3 were messed with the defalt
>addresses and config are usually the way they are set and fit for use.
The time I got RQDX3 it's address was set wrong. I've changed it immediately
but there are lots of other switches...
>For the RDxx you can use a ST225(rd31), st251(rd32), QUANTUM D540(rd52),
>micropolus 1325(rd53) or MAXTOR2990(RD54) if they are formatted correctly.
>or any other drive that matches the number of heads and cylinders of those
>listed. Note those are all MFM type drives.
Has anyone formatter?
>Allison
Stacy
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>Big problem: BSD2.9 doesn't support your disk (RQDX3) or tape (TQK70)
>controllers. I'd suggest BSD2.11, but it doesn't run on your CPU.
No problem. I can write this drivers.
Pete Tornbull wrote about triggering
"TRACK0" signal in responce to triggering
"SIDE SEL". Is it the only difference?
Stacy.
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About formatter..
The VAXstation 2000 can format iron beds.
You plug in 'any' mfm drive and if the enter TEST 53.
If the machine does not recognize the drive, it will prompt you for drive
parameters.
/Lars
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Stacy Minkin wrote:
>
> >What backplane? There are 16, 18 and 22 bit address backplanes and
> >using the smaller with the larger memory generally does not work and
> >give an address error.
>
> >I prefer to use part/model number like H9273(a backplane) or
> >M8259(memory).
> How actually distinguish these backplanes?
> I can check whether extended address lines are routed to slots, if
> it sufficient - ok. If not - are there more differencies?
>
> >What you need is a copy of the dec hand books that list all those details.
> >Any of the volumes from the mid to late 80s would help.
>
> No chance to get it in xUSSR!
>
> >Standard floppy? You can use a DEC RX50 or an RX33(teacfd55gfv). If
> >using the latter *all* of the jumper must be set up correctly in the
> >drive. The RX33 is a 1.2m 5.25" drive with speed select. You cannot
> >use a PC 5.25 360k drive or a 3.5" drive(actually it's possible but,
> >very non standard and unhelpful to you at this time).
>
> Which logical drive address should be set on floppy?
>
> >Unless the jumpers or switches on the RQDX3 were messed with the defalt
> >addresses and config are usually the way they are set and fit for use.
>
> The time I got RQDX3 it's address was set wrong. I've changed it immediately
> but there are lots of other switches...
>
> >For the RDxx you can use a ST225(rd31), st251(rd32), QUANTUM D540(rd52),
> >micropolus 1325(rd53) or MAXTOR2990(RD54) if they are formatted correctly.
> >or any other drive that matches the number of heads and cylinders of those
> >listed. Note those are all MFM type drives.
>
> Has anyone formatter?
>
>
> >Allison
>
> Stacy
>
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I've been sorting through some RL02's that came with a 11/23 system
that I bought at a UBC SERF sale a year or so ago. On these RL02's
there is at least one bootable V6 system, apparently generated
specifically to be run on a 11/23. This ought to be of some interest
to folks with real 11/23's with RL02 drives, as the other V6 systems
that I'm aware of don't have RL02 handlers.
Here's the question: this RL02 apparently has kernel sources in
the directories /sys/ken and /sys/dmr. Does the presence of these
files mean that I can only distribute images of this RL02 to those
with source licenses?
A non-legal question: the system identifies itself as "v6" when it
boots, but there is a "v7.h" header file in the /sys directory.
Is this maybe really a V7 system? Or maybe from an era when the
trnasition from V6 to V7 was being made? Datestamps on the files
are from 1982.
For those who are listed, a log produced while running in single-user
mode from a copy of the RL02 pack.
Note that although the system was generated for a 11/23, it's
running on a 11/73. The fact that it has more memory than "max" seems
to confuse the system horribly when it goes into multi-user mode. Short
of doing a lobotomy, is there any way to get around this?
Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)
b dl0
!unix
unix v6 11/23
mem = 99 KW max = 63
# CD /SYS
# LS
V7.H FILE.H LIB1 SEG.H TTY.H
BUF.H FILSYS.H LIB2 SGTTY.H USER.H
CONF INO.H PARAM.H STAT.H
CONF.H INODE.H PROC.H SYSTM.H
DMR KEN REG.H TEXT.H
# LS DMR KEN
DMR:
MAKEFILE DHFDM.O HT.O PIR.C TC.O
AD.C DN.C IC.C PIR.O TM.C
AD.O DN.O IC.O RF.C TM.O
ADOLD.C DP.C IOCTL.C RF.O TTY.C
BDREL.C DP.O IOCTL.O RK.C TTY.O
BIO.C DUP.C IR.C RK.O TTY.S
BIO.O DUP.O IR.O RL.C TTYI.C
CAT.C DZ.C KL.C RL.O TTYI.O
CAT.O DZ.O KL.O RM04.LAYOUT TTYINEW.C
CR.C FAKE.C LP.C RP.C VS.C
CR.O FAKE.O LP.O RP.O VS.O
DC.C HM.C MEM.C RX2.C VT.C
DC.O HM.O MEM.O RX2.O VT.O
DH.C HP.C OLDRL.C STAT.C XP.C
DH.O HP.O PARTAB.C STAT.O XP.O
DHDM.C HS.C PARTAB.O SYS.C XY.C
DHDM.O HS.O PC.C SYS.O XY.O
DHFDM.C HT.C PC.O TC.C
KEN:
MAKEFILE IGET.S PIPE.C SUBR.C SYSENT.C
ALLOC.C IOCTL.C PRF.C SYS1.C TEXT.C
CLOCK.C MAIN.C RDWRI.C SYS2.C TRAP.C
FIO.C MALLOC.C SIG.C SYS3.C TRAP.S
IGET.C NAMI.C SLP.C SYS4.C
# CD /USR
# LS
ADM HANNAH LEUNG OLD WHO
BATCH HARDY LIB PROGM XLIB
BIN INCLUDE LOG RAWICZ XYD
EVANS INF LPD TMP YEUNG
FORT KNOWLES MDEC UCB
GAMES KUKAN NEEDHAM WEBB
# LS GAMES
ADVENT CHESS CUBIC TTT WUMP
BJ CORE MOO TTT.K WUMPUS
# LS UCB
MAIL DRIBBLE.OUT GREP PIX SSP
APROPOS EX HEAD PRINT STRINGS
ASTAGS EX.OLD IUL PRINTENV TMP
CKDIR EXPAND LAST PTAGS TOD
CLEAR EYACC LOCK PX TRA
CLOCK FLEECE LS PX34 TSET
CR3 FMT.UCB MAKEWHATIS PXP UNTMP
CTAGS FOLD MAN PXP34 VI
CXREF FROM MKSTR PXREF W
DAYTIME FTAGS MSGS RESET WHATIS
DIFFDIR FUNNY NUM SEE WHEREIS
DOUBLE GETNAME PI SETENV WHOAMI
DRIBBLE GETS PI34 SOELIM XSTR
#
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All,
I'm starting up a FAQ on the archive of PDP-11 Unix stuff and how to
use it. What I've got so far is at:
http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/faq1.html
but not yet linked to the other pages.
I'm happy to take other questions. I'm _very_ happy to get answers! Answers
will have attributions of course. This is a back burner thing, but I'll go
back through the mail archive and see what I can come up with.
Also note: I will add a table of contents to the top at some stage.
Warren
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In article by Nickolai Zeldovich:
> I'm having a somewhat interesting problem with my PDP-11.. I'm trying to
> boot a 11/04 from a 8" floppy drive, but DX, DX0, and DX1 all make it hang
> up (RUN light goes out). Would you know what this would mean? I'm not sure
> if this question is really appropriate for the list, sicne it's not
> UNIX-related, and I've had little luck with newsgroups (seems my newsfeed
> is quite flaky).
>
> -- [ Nickolai Zeldovich // nickolai(a)zepa.net ]
I'm punting this to the mailing list ONLY because Nickolai's news access
is limited. Can someone help him with the problem?
Warren
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NIkolai!
Your problem MIGHT be because somebody shuffled the cards for you!
There are some classical caveats when it comes to the UNIBUS based system.
a) There must be an uninterrupted grant chain all the way and no holes.
b) There are two types of slots. DMA (also called a MUD or Modified
Unibus Device) and NON DMA. Default is non DMA. To enable DMA you cut a strap
on the wirewrapped backplane. (*cringe*)...
This suggests that there are also two types of GRANT cards. One resembling
a dual QBUS grant card but with green handles and one very small "playing
card type" single card with no handle that can be (with force) inserted
backwards and thus burn the bus.
c) There must be a terminator card in the last position of the chain.
I am at a customer site right now and do not have access to my library so
I can not be more specific.. If you have any documentation handy, you should
be able to use above information and find the exact information you need.
If not, you should be able to locate the faulting device by "shortening"
the bus. You start with CPU and a mem card and install the terminator
directly after. See if you can deposit and examine stuff into RAM. Then
put in the device directly after the last MEM card and test it and so forth.
Eventually the system will fail and you have located the problem.
Either remove the problem or get back to us. =)
Note: With no documentation of the devices in question you have more problems.
Some UNIBUSes are standard UNIBUSes. Others are special UNIBUSes for special
device configurations.
The UNIBUS PDP11 (or VAX) is a challange for the technically interested
person. =)
Oh yes... You can bypass devices by using the UNIBUS cable (a long stiff
white flat cable with UNIBUS connectors in each end). Each UNIBUS sub bus is
connected with the previous with a UNIBUS continuity card that consists of
a short UNIBUS cable and two dual cards joined together to form one unit.
If you want to bypass a device, take out the continuity from the start and
end of the device, install a UNIBUS cable at the last position of the
previous sub bus system and the first in the sub bus after the bypassed
device.
UNIBUS cables, continuity cards and grants (and also the terminator) all
go in the same position across the bus and in no other place.
One error here and it is BURN baby BURN! =/
/Lars
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Warren Toomey wrote:
> In article by Nickolai Zeldovich:
> > I'm having a somewhat interesting problem with my PDP-11.. I'm trying to
> > boot a 11/04 from a 8" floppy drive, but DX, DX0, and DX1 all make it hang
> > up (RUN light goes out). Would you know what this would mean? I'm not sure
> > if this question is really appropriate for the list, sicne it's not
> > UNIX-related, and I've had little luck with newsgroups (seems my newsfeed
> > is quite flaky).
> >
> > -- [ Nickolai Zeldovich // nickolai(a)zepa.net ]
>
> I'm punting this to the mailing list ONLY because Nickolai's news access
> is limited. Can someone help him with the problem?
>
> Warren
>
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<Oh yes it does. Mine is running (with RL02s) as I type this...
<
<I wouldn't exactly describe it as "fast", but it's servicable. The syste
<(minus man pages) is on dl0: and user directories on dl1:. The system i
Ok a unique build, is that in the archive?
How about using a RQDX3 and rd52 or rd53 as its a bit more room than a
single RL?
<built for a "small machine", which makes a difference to the memory manag
<(no separate I&D spaces), and things like f77 and troff aren't there (nro
F77 is no loss but CC, vi and nroff are a must. Speed is not required.
<> suggest a way to get the images on to the RL02 using RT-11 I'm interest
<> I can kermit the files from the PC so that step is not a problem.
<
<Kermit-11 should do that for you, but watch the bad blocks.
Kermit would be running under RT-11 the all I'd be doing is copying a
tar.z file over or make the detar'd files over to files under rt-11
structures. I need more on genning a bootable image from RT-11.
While I'm comfortable in a lot of systems unix generally is not one
save for user level activity.
The only unix I have running currently is xenix on pro350 and linix
on PC. I can't say how useful either would be to this project.
Allison
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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:59:48 +0500
From: Stacy Minkin <stacy(a)asia.uznet.net>
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Subject: Hardware guru needed!
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Hi dear PUPS!
It is about one week gone from the mome I got
sufficiently powerful PDP-11. Before this I ran LSI-11/02 under RT-11
and couldn't think about unix. Those new machine is the
main reason for joining to this list for me.
It includes: KDF-11 CPU, RQDX3, DHQ11 8 line async option,
TQK70 tape controller, 1.5Mbyte of memory etc. etc.
I also have the complete BSD2.9 source distribution
in tar file and like to run all of the above.
Currently I've started KDF11 and it seems to be ok.
Problems are: It has lots of switches (the same for MSV-11 boards and
RQDX3 and all of that) and have very little docs about
how to set it correctly. When I tried to bring up the KDF with memory
at once KDF said : no memory :-] but it runs ok with
little 32K memory board from LSI-11/2 ! Seems to me that my MSV-11 boards
have wrong starting address settings or something...
Same story with RQDX3 - currently I have no RDx disks so I thought
that boot my system from RX50 is not a bad idea... I've plugged
standard 5 inch floppy to RQDX3 sig. dist. connector labeled "RX50"
and fired up the machine. Got nothing. I tried to investigate
what happens to bootstrap. I've detected that during init of
mscp controller it successfully undergoes steps 1 and 2 ( or maybe even 3)
but in next step it returns 0 in SA and bootstrap waits for eternity
when controller will enter next step... Looks like hardware fault, ha?
Then I tried to check my TQK70 board. It had nothing connected to it,
and I traced it's initialization sequence the same way. IT ALSO RETURNS ZERO
in 3rd or 4th init step!. Can anyone help with the above?
Sincerely yours - Stacy.
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<The v7 comes on either rk05 or rl02 images.
<Earlier editions didn't know about rl02s.
Exactly my understanding and V7 doesn't run on pdp-11/23s though it is
runable on 11/73.
My interest if to have one of the many PDP-11 Qbus machines I have
running a nonDEC OS such as unix. The 11/23s would be a favored target
as I have a few of them but, devices compatable with binary versions
are not available to me.
I'll look at the archive for the RL02 images. IF there is anyone that can
suggest a way to get the images on to the RL02 using RT-11 I'm interested.
I can kermit the files from the PC so that step is not a problem.
<> Save for the rk05 image does not match my hardware (no rk05). Also sin
<> they are disk images the target disk would have to have the same bad bl
<> map or all havoc happens.
<
<Yup. These images were designed for emulators.
Understood, not much interest to me. Running a PDP-11 sim with two of
them behind me doesn't really do it for me. Running unix on a sim under
dos on a PC exceeds my grasp of reality. I'm the sort if I wanted unix
on the PC I'd install *BSD for 386/486 and skip the simulation. I think
Bob S. and friends did some great work though.
Allison
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< have a single 'master' source system and build and distribute from
< that).
For me that would be perfectly useless as the only PDP-11 compuler is the
DECUS-C and ti's far to minimal to crunch that. Chicken and egg. Right
now I need the chicken on my 11/73 before I can consider the sources
and then I have to configure enough storage to hold them.
< that everyone would be dancing with joy at being freed from binary
< only releases.
I sorta am but for me $100 might as well be $10,000.
<
< As has been mentioned before there are binary only V6, V7, and V5
< images already available without requiring a source license at
Their problem is from what I can tell is they are not runable on my
11/73 with the hardware I have. There is that little problem of
transfering them (via RT-11?).
My config, call it a sanity test to see if there is an existant binary I
can run:
11/73 1mb non-pmi ram
DLV11j
RQDX3 rx33, rx52(x2) (rx53 available)
RX02
RLV12 and one RL02
TK50
I can swap a DHV-11 for the DLV11j.
I can put in 1 more meg of non-pmi ram.
The TK50 is shared with a VAX.
RT-11 V5 running.
There are no RKxxs available.
I expect I'll never be able to network the 11s I have, nor will I have
adaquate resources (Disk) to compile the kernel. I will not discuss the
11/23 or the pro350 sitting next to them as it's been implied they could
only run the oldest versions due to lack of I&D space.
Allison
