RSTS/E Layered Products

From: Johnny Billquist <bqt_at_update.uu.se>
Date: Tue Jul 1 12:51:00 2003

On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Mark Firestone wrote:

> Frustration, frustration...

As usual. :-)

> I have managed to get simh to work, I've managed to build a working system
> with RSTS/E 9.2,
> I've managed to get the DZ device to work and therefore telnet access
> working...

Nice start.

> ... I even made Super Star Trek run...
>
> ...but I can't find FORTRAN II or FORTRAN 77, and I think that is why I
> can't make any version of Dungeon run.

I suspect you mean FORTRAN IV. FORTRAN II is another animal. I don't think
it's available on RSTS/E, but I have it for OS/8, and it's probably not
capable of compiling DUNGEON, no matter how you work with it.

And yes, FORTRAN IV, as well as FORTRAN 77 are layered products. Sold by
Mentec (well, FORTRAN 77 at least). So it's not possible to get them from
anywhere on the net.

Perhaps someone can provide you with binaries?

I might be able to help with RSX binaries, which you might be able to run
under RSTS/E, but this would mean some tricking around as well.

> I've scoured the Internet for ages. All I can find is folk complaining
> about how they can't find this stuff either.

And that's the way it will likely be for quite a while, unless someone can
either convince Mentec to give it away, create some hobbyist license, or
if someone could buy it off from Mentec.

> Please help, someone. I'd really like to get this to work. Can anyone help?

Very much a maybe...

        Johnny

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