< I flesh out an 11/23, attach the RLV11/RL02s, put in one of the
<several OSes that seem to be bootable, and press the big "Go"
<button. Now....
<
< Doesn't the OS on the disk have to be made specific to the
<processing environment it is living in? Like, sysgenned for instance??
<
< Excuse what might be an obvious d'oh! but this is how I learn..
Good point... Depends on the OS though. For RT11 it has to be set up to
boot from the device and media in use but will after that run with any
cpu (I've done it for 11/03 through 11/73). Unix will be fussier.
RSTS and RSX-11 configure after boot for the CPU and envirnment it finds.
generally if the software is configured for say an 11/23 it will run on
the 11/73, 11/83 and 11/93. There is a good change it will also run on
the /03 if it RT11 if not the XM (requires the MMU the 11/03 does not have).
most of the 11s are very compatable at a general level.
< Also I think it is most cool that you folks are taking time to
<help get these neat old systems and thier software up and flying again.
I have a operating 11/23 in a shoebox (BA11VA) with tu58. An 11/23B in
a BA11n and a 11/73 in a ba11s the later two have assorted disks and all.
the 11/23b is one I used while at DEC dataing back to 84 in the mill.
Allison
Received on Sat Apr 03 1999 - 21:47:42 BST