rt-11 (ht-11) help

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.COM <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.COM)>
Date: Thu Apr 29 09:36:03 1999

>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.

Your floppy doesn't have all the files necessary to reconfigure your
system in that way, in any event. Most likely it's a "Backup this disk
for dummies" procedure that's common with many distribution media.

>.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

In early RT-11 distributions, like DOS-11, the Macro processor was
separate from the actual assembly phase. I don't know why it'd be
dumping out on execution, though. How much memory is in your H-11?

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

It looks like you've got the basic RT-11 development tools of the time,
then. Good! You can go to

ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/rt/decus/

and you'll find that most of the stuff on the Spring '76 RT SIG tape
ought to work under V2B. Some of the stuff from later SIG tapes ought
to work as well.

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