On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 02:05:34PM +0100, Bert Kiers wrote:
> > The reason I ask is that I just bought a PDP11/73 and have a problem
> > getting 2.11BSD installed. See http://original.xs4all.nl/elfje/
>
> I see you've found a somewhat-common chicken-and-the-egg problem while
> trying to load 2BSD on your box. Have you examined "vttape"? It's
> a virtual tape program that lets you force-feed a PDP-11 via a PeeCee
> over the console port.
VTserver, that should probably read? :)
> I haven't used it, but from what other people say about it, it's probably
> the least-additional-hardware-intensive way to go.
Yes, that is what it does. It assists in getting *something*
onto the bare iron, using the console serial link (which is
obviously always there). This is slow (usually, 9600bps or
less..) but: it *does* let you install things.
Bert: contact me off-list for a phone chat.
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Received on Wed Dec 03 2003 - 13:33:14 GMT