Re: DECtape archeology.

[Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:22:53AM +0100, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote:
> DIR.BIN   003   17-NOV-71
> 
> DTCOPY .BIN   006   17-NOV-71
> 
> D0AA   .BIN   014   17-NOV-71
> 
> 
> What is DDP1-V001? Some early diagnostics monitor? The filesystem seems to
> be DOS-11 as RT-11 FILEX is able to read the directory with /S


As you probably already have thought, XXDP is the moniker for a group of
diagnostic packages on various media. TCDP for DECtape media, RKDP for
RK disk and so on. Don't know what the D in DDP1 would be..

D0AA seems to be a test suite for basic instruction tests on PDP-11:

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/archive.pcjs.org/pubs/dec/pdp11/diags/MAINDEC-11-DZQAB-B-D_User_Reference_Manual_Oct73.pdf

But you most likely already know this :)

/P

Re: DECtape archeology.

[Mattis Lind via cctalk]

An update to this. It appears that with a git pull on my SimH repo clone
and subsequent make all of the disk images that boots on a real machine
(with TC boot ROM installed) also boots in SimH.

Runnicg FOCAL1 on D5.DSK give

.FOCAL1

.
?00 AT  0.00
*TYPE 1.0+3.0
=4.*
*

So it do seem to do something right...

/Mattis

2018-01-12 11:22 GMT+01:00 Mattis Lind :

> I saw Pauls post about old DECtapes which reminded me about a bunch of
> DECtapes I had lying here.
>
> On my workbench I have a PDP-11/10 with TC11 and TU56 setup which works
> nicely so I decided to image a few more DECtapes. For those interested in
> old diagnostics and other things it can be worth looking into.
>
> http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/dectapes-1.tgz
>
> Some comments:
>
> I have not tried to boot any tape natively since my M9312 need a TC boot
> PROM, need to burn one.
> I have tried to boot most of them in SimH, but many of them fail with a
> HALT somewhere. Need to test this further on real hardware as soon as I
> have a TC bootstrap.
>
> D1.DSK had an I/O Error so it is not the full dump.
>
> D2.DSK however boots to a prompt:
>
> DDP1-V001 28K RSTRT: 155766
>
> .DIR
>
>
> .
>
> DIR.BIN   003   17-NOV-71
>
> DTCOPY .BIN   006   17-NOV-71
>
> D0AA   .BIN   014   17-NOV-71
>
>
> What is DDP1-V001? Some early diagnostics monitor? The filesystem seems to
> be DOS-11 as RT-11 FILEX is able to read the directory with /S
>
>
> D5.DSK is also a DOS-11 file structure and apart from quite some
> diagnostics also contain FOCAL1.BIN
>
>
> DT5.DSK contain a binary MOON.BIN which according to the label is some
> variant of Moonlander / Lunarlander.
>
>
>
> So, yes. I do have a system up and running that can Image that RSX11-D
> VT30 tape if needed. However it will be moved on the 27th of January.
>
>
> /Mattis
>
>
>
>

DECtape archeology.

[Mattis Lind via cctalk]

I saw Pauls post about old DECtapes which reminded me about a bunch of
DECtapes I had lying here.

On my workbench I have a PDP-11/10 with TC11 and TU56 setup which works
nicely so I decided to image a few more DECtapes. For those interested in
old diagnostics and other things it can be worth looking into.

http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/dectapes-1.tgz

Some comments:

I have not tried to boot any tape natively since my M9312 need a TC boot
PROM, need to burn one.
I have tried to boot most of them in SimH, but many of them fail with a
HALT somewhere. Need to test this further on real hardware as soon as I
have a TC bootstrap.

D1.DSK had an I/O Error so it is not the full dump.

D2.DSK however boots to a prompt:

DDP1-V001 28K RSTRT: 155766

.DIR


.

DIR.BIN   003   17-NOV-71

DTCOPY .BIN   006   17-NOV-71

D0AA   .BIN   014   17-NOV-71


What is DDP1-V001? Some early diagnostics monitor? The filesystem seems to
be DOS-11 as RT-11 FILEX is able to read the directory with /S


D5.DSK is also a DOS-11 file structure and apart from quite some
diagnostics also contain FOCAL1.BIN


DT5.DSK contain a binary MOON.BIN which according to the label is some
variant of Moonlander / Lunarlander.



So, yes. I do have a system up and running that can Image that RSX11-D VT30
tape if needed. However it will be moved on the 27th of January.


/Mattis