> I had to trade back some RQDX2s for RQDX1s on some PDP-11/73s I delivered
> to the gummint because RT-11 didn't support them. I don't recall which
> version we were using; it would have been at least 5.0. I remember
> grumbling about how fancy (read "bloated") RT-11 was getting, but I don't
> recall doing _that_ until 5.2; I thought it happened during the 11/73
> incident, though. I also don't remember why I thought 5.2 was bloated
> (it may have been the UCL/UCF stuff, which I thought was unnecessary),
Yes, the UCL stuff is unnecessary, which is why if you don't want it
you simply answer SYSGEN question 100 with "NO":
100. Do you want the user command linkage (Y)? $
USER COMMAND LINKAGE OPTION:
The user command linkage allows you to define your own commands
which can be issued in a format similar to the standard DCL
commands.
100. Do you want the user command linkage (Y)? NO
> but I did stash away a 5.0 distribution kit as a hedge against bloatation.
An even better hedge against bloatation is to get RT-11 5.6 or later
and learn how to use SET RUN VBGEXE. No matter how big the monitors
and drivers grow, by appropriately setting a .SAV image's VBGEXE
bits you can give it access to "all" 56kbytes of virtual memory space. If you
want direct access to I/O space, you can turn that on too, or you can
also elect to have 64kbytes of virtual memory space available to your
process if you don't need direct access to I/O space.
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Received on Thu Oct 15 1998 - 11:14:25 BST