11/44 - RSTS Fun

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Mon Dec 13 01:28:57 1999

 Today when I got up I knew it was going to be 'play with big
computers' day...

  I got 24 of the 36 ports up and running on my 11/44 machine... it
only took four or five hours of messing around with things. I made
good use of the RSTS "Broadcast" untility, and by repeatedly sending
long messages to all ports, I was able to work out the loose/upside
down cables, DCE/DTE confusions, etc. Thank Heaven for the little
RS-232 breakout box and status indicator.

 I had the console on my PC, a C.Itoh C101 on another port running
the DISPLY system status monitor, and an LA120 on yet another port.
Even the Kennedy 9100 woke up happy and functioned well.

  I just shut the system down (after listening to the wonderful roar
for about eight hours) and now it's time to run SHUTUP on myself.

  Nothing like having the OS Docs, either. I certainly learned
another big chunk of RSTS/E tonite. More than half the battle was
understanding how to manage and configure the system. It took a great
deal of study and cross-referencing to find the little secrets and
gotchas.


  I am in the market for a Unibus Ethernet card: will beg/trade/buy.
Anyone have such a beast? Now it's time for the 11/44 to talk to the
uVax II.

 Next task is getting one of the old DC03 Modems hooked up and
running... then to load a comm program and access this List from a
completely vintage PDP system. At 300 Baud. [Woo,Hoo]


  Cheers

John





  
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