9 Apr
2026
9 Apr
'26
1:59 a.m.
Error 2, by the way is usually for one of three reasons:
1. Task failed at the SVTK$S call (not able to install trap catching for
various traps)
2. Task uses FP instructions, but task was build without /FP, or system
lacks FP hardware support.
3. FCS initialization failure.
Most likely problem would be #2.
Johnny
On 2026-04-08 22:23, Dave McGuire wrote:
Hey folks, before I start digging into this, I figured I'd ask here.
A simple "hello world" program in F77 on RSX-11M-PLUS fails to start
thusly:
$ run hello
TT3 -- Exiting due to ERROR 2
Task initialization failure
I was trying to move a larger FORTRAN program to this system (the
11/70 at LSSM) and it was dying with this message, so I wrote a quickie
test case to narrow it down. It's just a write to unit 5:
WRITE(5,10)
10 FORMAT(' Hello World!')
END
...compiled with "FORTRAN HELLO", and linked with:
L HELLO,LB:[1,1]F77FCS/LIB
No warnings or errors. It runs fine on my 11/83 at home with a very
similar config. Before I dig in, can anyone quickly point me to what
I'm missing?
Thanks,
-Dave
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