From: will.senn@gmail.com (Will Senn)
Subject: [TUHS] boot block in v7 bootable on rp06 in simh
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 12:01:29 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56632679.8060300@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1449338005.9737.64.camel@papa2>
On 12/5/15 11:53 AM, Hellwig Geisse wrote:
> Will,
>
> when I brought up UNIX V7 on simh ~10 years ago, I used
> Keith Bostic's tape, a simulated PDP11/45, an RP04 disk and
> a TU10 tape drive. With this configuration it worked exactly
> as described in 'Setting Up Unix'. IIRC, other configurations
> had problems, although I never investigated this further.
>
> You can find my package and a HOWTO here:
> http://homepages.thm.de/~hg53/pdp11-unix
>
> One note of caution: I did not try to build the whole thing
> on a modern 64-bit system; it may well refuse to run. I will
> try to bring it up on my 64-bit Linux box and then report
> back here, if you are interested.
>
> Hellwig
>
Hellwig,
Much thanks for the explanation and link. I will try your instructions
and see if they still work. Your notes are exceptionally clear, I expect
if I follow them things, will work as expected. I'll let you know.
Thanks,
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-05 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-05 17:03 Will Senn
2015-12-05 17:26 ` Clem Cole
2015-12-05 17:44 ` Will Senn
2015-12-05 19:47 ` Clem Cole
2015-12-05 19:53 ` Clem Cole
2015-12-05 19:59 ` Ronald Natalie
2015-12-05 20:47 ` Clem cole
2015-12-05 20:08 ` Will Senn
2015-12-05 17:53 ` Hellwig Geisse
2015-12-05 18:01 ` Will Senn [this message]
2015-12-05 18:39 ` Will Senn
2015-12-05 18:53 ` Hellwig Geisse
2015-12-05 19:46 ` Will Senn
2015-12-05 20:12 ` John Cowan
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