10 Apr
2026
10 Apr
'26
5:30 a.m.
On 2026-04-09 09:24, Dave McGuire wrote:
/me slaps forehead
The 11/70's FP board set is flaky, and it has been removed pending
repair. I had forgotten about that. But the "hello world" program
shouldn't use any FP instructions..?
Be careful with bad FP and modern(ish) RSTS/E. It will use FP
(and CIS, for that matter) in the monitor, and if your boards are
returning garbage, you can scarfle* your system disk.
* Bonus points for anyone who knows what scarfle means. It's ac-
tually SCRFLE and is a boot command on MAI Basic-4 systems which
erases the system disk you booted from.