22 Dec
2021
22 Dec
'21
7:07 p.m.
Hi, Paul. Sorry I didn't answer earlier. Saw some other mails I should
have responded too as well, but been a bit busy.
Anyway. 4.0 is way old and have various issues you do not want or need.
Locate M+ 4.6 instead. That's basically the only version I'd recommend.
And yes, M+ is definitely easier to deal with than 11M.
You can find both tapes at
http://bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/rsx11mplus/
Basically you want BB-J0830-01.L01_RSX11M+_V4.6_BRU_1999.tap, which
should be bootable, and contain all you need for M+ itself. There is a
second tape (BB-J0830-01.M01_RSX11M+_V4.6_1999.tap), which might be the
second tape if the whole thing came on two tapes. (I got M+ 4.6 on TK50,
which just came on a single cartridge.)
Then you want DECnet, which is decnet11mp46-netkit.tap. The manuals are
online, but of course you can also just ask. And since you seem to have
already managed once, it should hopefully not be too complicated.
After that, you might also want to install TCP/IP, and then you can
experiment on from that...
Johnny
On 2021-12-22 18:58, Paul Koning wrote:
I'm trying to build a DECnet/RSX system, and since
I've never done anything like that I figured I'd try M+ as (right?) the easiest
option.
Did a sysgen, that seemed to work ok. Found a DECnet kit on Bitsavers, the 4.0 one
marked "3errs", used that to do netgen. That too seemed ok.
Now I'm trying "netins". That fails mid-way and I have no clue why:
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
@[5,1]netins
* Do you want to install and load the CEX system? [Y/N]: y
* Do you want to install and start DECnet? [Y/N]: n
* On what device are the network tasks [D=DU0:] [S]:
INS XX:[5,54]NTINIT
INS XX:[5,54]NTL
INS XX:[5,54]MLD
INS XX:[5,54]EVC
INS XX:[5,54]NCPRES
; INS XX:[5,54]CFERES
; INS XX:[5,54]VNP
INS XX:[5,54]NMVACP
SET /SYSUIC=[5,54]
ASN XX:=LB:
LOA NM:/HIGH/VEC
CON ONL NM:
ASN =LB:
SET /SYSUIC=[2,54]
INS XX:[5,54]LOO
INS XX:[5,54]LOO/TASK=LOO...
INS XX:[5,54]EVFRES
SET /UIC=[5,54]
NCP SET SYS
12:56:33 Task "NTL..." terminated
Odd address or other trap four
R0=000000
R1=000000
R2=000005
R3=000004
R4=151775
R5=157724
SP=120614
PC=160252
PS=170000
Any ideas?
paul