rt-11 (ht-11) help

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Apr 29 01:09:56 1999

Appended below is a transcript of booting the disk marked HT-11B
Distribution and using PIP to list the directory contents.

The floppy interface generates the $ prompt. (presumably the boot loader on
a BDV11 would clash with this.)

The requirement to put in a new disk suggests that the disk is designed for
one to copy on to the new disk those things one would need in a "working"
version and the use the working copy. Unfortunately there isn't any SYSGEN
or MAKESYS or anythign that suggests this. The only other PIP incantation
I've managed that does anything useful is "TT:=DK0:[filename]" which types
the file out to the console. Trying DK1:=DK0:*.* doesn't have the expected
effect of copying the disk (DK1:/L yields a directory with no entries and
480 free blocks)

.R ASEMBL - starts a version of MACRO-11
.R XBASIC - starts BASIC (again no docs but can hack a bit)
.R EDIT - gives a '*' prompt
.R DUMP - gives an octal dump
.R MACRO - on SAMPLE.MAC exits to ODT at address 000002

Very weird stuff. I think it is RT-11v2B


--Chuck


--------------------- BEGIN TRANSCRIPT LISTING

$dx

DISTRIBUTION HT-11 VERSION H1B [890-6-2]

.SET USR NOSWAP

.SET TTY SCOPE

THE PREVIOUS DATE WAS 7-APR-82

CHANGE?



A DISK HAS A DIRECTORY RECORDED ON IT. THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FILES THAT ARE ON THE DISK. WHEN THE DISK IS FIRST USED, THE
DIRECTORY AREA MUST BE ZEROED.

IT IS NOT CERTAIN IF THIS SCRATCH DISK HAS A GOOD DIRECTORY OR NOT.
SINCE WHEN THE DIRECTORY IS ZEROED, ALL INFORMATION ON THE DISK IS LOST,
YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO
INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT ON THE DISK.

TYPE "ZAP" AND PRESS "RETURN" TO ZERO THE DIRECTORY.
ZAP

THE DIRECTORY IS ZEROED ON YOUR SCRATCH DRIVE.

.ASSIGN DX1=DK


.PIP
?ILL CMD?

.R PIP
*DK0:/L
 7-APR-82
MONITR.SYS 43 22-DEC-78
TT .SYS 2 22-DEC-78
PP .SYS 2 22-DEC-78
PR .SYS 2 22-DEC-78
LP .SYS 2 24-SEP-79
BOOTUP.SYS 14 16-MAR-79
ODT .OBJ 9 22-DEC-78
PIP .SAV 12 16-FEB-79
EDIT .SAV 14 22-DEC-78
LINK .SAV 21 22-DEC-78
ASEMBL.SAV 26 22-DEC-78
CREF .SAV 5 22-DEC-78
EXPAND.SAV 12 22-DEC-78
SRCCOM.SAV 11 22-DEC-78
DUMP .SAV 5 22-DEC-78
LIBR .SAV 15 22-DEC-78
PATCH .SAV 5 22-DEC-78
SYSMAC.SML 20 16-FEB-79
XBASIC.SAV 45 16-FEB-79
SAMPLE.MAC 2 16-MAR-79
FORMAT.SAV 2 19-JUN-79
FORMAT.MAC 5 19-JUN-79
MACRO .SAV 45 15-JUN-79
IDCRD .BAS 3 19-JUN-79
WCZTST.DAT 4 29-AUG-79
WCZTST.BAS 1 29-AUG-79
WCZTST.TST 4 29-AUG-79
MCS .ASM 38 21-NOV-79
H8RCV .BAS 1 27-NOV-79
JIM .JIM 1 29-NOV-79
H8RCV .BAX 1 4-DEC-79
31 FILES, 372 BLOCKS
 108 FREE BLOCKS
*
Received on Thu Apr 29 1999 - 01:09:56 BST