rjpicker@kcl-cs.UUCP (Robin Pickering) (03/13/86)
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We desperately need help on the following topics, related to a Systime 1000
running RSTS 4.0A ( for those outside the UK unfamiliar with Systime they
are an English company, who among other things, have for some years OEM'd DEC
products - the 1000 is a PDP11 box).
The machine was rescued by us from the great machine room in the sky when
a comercial site was scrapping it, we now have it up and running but have
very little documentation. In particular information on the following would
be most appreciated.
- Extended memory paging in this machine.
we are at present running on the minimal 32Kword configuration
, we have extra memory cards but the test program XMEMC claims
it cannot find the 'extended paging register' and claims to
be looking for it at an address which the DEC hardware handbooks
for the unibus claim is reserved for the AD01 ADC.
I cannot find any reference in any DEC documentation to an
extended paging register, only the memory management registers.
the address it claims to be looking for this register at is
776772.
- Systime serial cards.
we also have a four channel serial card which would like to
add, but cannot find any documentation about switch settings
etc. This is a Systime card and as far as I can see is totally
different from any DEC cards.
The systime part number is 30-0120
- Disk drives.
we have a pair of Ampex front loading 12Meg cartridge drives
again no documentation.
- System software.
The system packs we actually aquired with the machine, were
simply the sites working system packs, with everything but
the utilities they actually used deleted. We certainly don't
have distribution packs. copies of programs like MACRO11 and
LINK which are standard distribution, certainly with later
versions of RSTS, were not on our system packs.
(DEC, RSTS, MACRO11, Ampex and Systime are probably all trademarks.)
Thanks in advance ...
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Rob Pickering
UUCP: rjpicker@kcl-cs.UUCP | c/o Westfield College,
UUCP: ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!kcl-cs!rjpicker | Kidderpore Ave,
JANET: rjpickering@uk.ac.westfield | LONDON NW3 7ST
| UK
_____________________________________________|__________________________________phil@sivax.UUCP (Phil Hunt) (03/29/86)
> <> > We desperately need help on the following topics, related to a Systime 1000 > running RSTS 4.0A ( for those outside the UK unfamiliar with Systime they > are an English company, who among other things, have for some years OEM'd DEC > products - the 1000 is a PDP11 box). > > The machine was rescued by us from the great machine room in the sky when > a comercial site was scrapping it, we now have it up and running but have > very little documentation. In particular information on the following would > be most appreciated. > > - Extended memory paging in this machine. > we are at present running on the minimal 32Kword configuration > , we have extra memory cards but the test program XMEMC claims > it cannot find the 'extended paging register' and claims to > be looking for it at an address which the DEC hardware handbooks > for the unibus claim is reserved for the AD01 ADC. > I cannot find any reference in any DEC documentation to an > extended paging register, only the memory management registers. > the address it claims to be looking for this register at is > 776772. > > - Systime serial cards. > we also have a four channel serial card which would like to > add, but cannot find any documentation about switch settings > etc. This is a Systime card and as far as I can see is totally > different from any DEC cards. > The systime part number is 30-0120 > > - Disk drives. > we have a pair of Ampex front loading 12Meg cartridge drives > again no documentation. > > - System software. > The system packs we actually aquired with the machine, were > simply the sites working system packs, with everything but > the utilities they actually used deleted. We certainly don't > have distribution packs. copies of programs like MACRO11 and > LINK which are standard distribution, certainly with later > versions of RSTS, were not on our system packs. > > (DEC, RSTS, MACRO11, Ampex and Systime are probably all trademarks.) > > Thanks in advance ... > > ---- > Rob Pickering > UUCP: rjpicker@kcl-cs.UUCP | c/o Westfield College, > UUCP: ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!kcl-cs!rjpicker | Kidderpore Ave, > JANET: rjpickering@uk.ac.westfield | LONDON NW3 7ST > | UK > _____________________________________________|__________________________________ I am really familiar with RSTS V4a-12. I ran it for about 5 years in college. What processor is the machine (IE 11/44, 11/34 etc)????? LINK, macro etc were distributed for RSTS V4a only on a DOS-11 distribution paCK. TO SYSGEN V4, YOU BOOTED A DOS PACK, GENNED the system, then booted the destination device. RSTS V4 had no online macro or link. What type of interfaces do you have??? (What do they emulate???) I can probably get you your missing utilities and/or even SOURCES to RSTS V4a which we can recreate on my current rsts system. As a matter of fact, for New Orleans decus 5/85, we regenned RSTS V4a for an 11/05 running in the exhibit hall of the DECUS symposium FROM SOURCES under RSTS V9.0!!!! It worked without any errors. Have fun....Contact me if you need help Phil Hunt System Industries *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
faunt@spar.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (03/30/86)
I think V04B was -04A with all the bug fixes installed.
True sources, or just the distribution kit, which had uncommented
sources for the drivers, and stuff like that?
It's been a while.... I may have some RK05 packs with the
distribution kit.
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