John,
> Okay - pseudo-newbie question - I know this has been answered
multiple
> times - but damned if I can remember it and double-damned of I can find an
> answer...
>
>
> Where does one obtain the various .dsk, .tap, etc., files for E11?
Well, normally, these would be the disk packs or magtapes or
TK50 carts that you get when buying the stuff. In the hobby
world, we would use image copies of those, so, byte-for-byte
copies of those dists.
Creating a new "disk" is fairly simple. When I usually do
is I create an empty file for each possible disk drive,
using DBit's PUTR tool. Those images I then copy for
additional units (like, RD54 units 0 and 1, so, two copies
of that file are needed) and then ZIP up the original,
empty file for later cloning... its empty, zo gets compressed
to almost zero...
> FTP from somewheres? Toggle them in bit-by-bit using the "F" keys as
> console switches?
yeah, dude.. you go and toggle in that RSX11-M-PLUS 4.4 dist kit,
and let us know when you're done :)
*evil smile*
Or, just contact any of the distr keepers here, off-list, and save
yourself some time.
> And while I understand the 'hobby use' version does not speak "SCSI
> Tape" - does this also hold true for SCSI 9trk emulating a TU77, or
> similar?
Yes.. E11/demo doesn't speak ASPI, which means it cannot talk to
SCSI-based tape devices, whatever kind.
[see my comments in another message regarding SCSI command sets]
I'll show you some stuff when I get up there.
(with a SCSI based 9-track connected to my laptop *grin*)
Cheers,
Fred
--
Fred N. van Kempen, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Collector/Archivist
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Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 14:08:16 GMT