DEC Server

From: Dave Mitton <dave_at_mitton.com>
Date: Sun Sep 21 22:53:26 2003

On 9/19/2003 10:17 AM -0500, cctech-request_at_classiccmp.org wrote:
>From: "Antonio Carlini" <arcarlini_at_iee.org>
>To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
>Subject: RE: DEC Server
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:15:40 +0100
>
> > Also, they used RSX taskbuilder images. Guess they were
> > using an 68K cross-assembler setup then....
>
>IIRC the last stage of producing a downloadable image for
>the various DEMSA images involved sticking a header on
>the front which the code referred to as RSX-style or some such.

... old random neurons fired and spat...

That may have been for the benefit of the host server's MOP process.
It already knew how to download DEC binary files, and someone figured out
how to put the new 68K image in the same file format.

Dave (a former LKG digit, but not on terminal server team).
         (this is not what I came to this list to remember...)
Received on Sun Sep 21 2003 - 22:53:26 BST