Has anyone found the best way to preserve paper tape software?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Dec 29 21:31:32 1999

<DECNET is fine, if the machine's you're putting together support it nicely
<Don't discount the effort it takes to get a PDP-11 properly configured and
<the peripherals running - sometimes I'm sure you'll get lucky and it'll
<just work when you plug it in, but when stuff is coming in "unknown" or
<"not used for many years" condition, it can take time to get everything
<going happily.


An aside, in the PDP-11 realm the Qbus 11s like the 11/23 series are by
far the easiest to get configured and going. the Unibus machines require
a much higher load of knowledge of small bits like what bus level jumpers
must be where and all.

The beauty if that a 11/73 series will run most PDP-11 unix and PUPS has
the license for any version at $100 and also an archive of PDP-11 versions
of unix.

<versions from the early-mid-80's onward. (i.e. RSTS/E V7 and on, RT-11 V4
<and forward with some earlier V3 And V2 distributions, RSX-11M 3.0 forward
<and RSX-11M+ V2.0 and forward, with many of the layered product kits
<thrown in for good measure.)

I do have RT-11 V3 and V4 on TU58 still. I should dig them out and see if
they can still be read (I have three solid TU58s).

Allison
Received on Wed Dec 29 1999 - 21:31:32 GMT

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