On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 2:36 PM Paul Koning via cctalk
wrote:
> > Err, I expect that that was RSTS-11 in June, 1970, not RSTS-E. Since RSTS-11
> > (which I learned to program on; happy memories :-) was a BASIC-PLUS only
> > system, and ran on a PDP-11/20, I suspect it was a fairly different
> >
Good morning Noel
Thanks for the link While I appreciate "retired" might describe your
current status, I was looking for a better description of how you
were/are involved with RSTS.
And...
You might be amused to learn I was the author of the RSTS 80th Birthday
document. It was "frozen"
On 6/28/2020 6:16 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
I don't remember if any of the material in bits/pdp11/rsts on Bitsavers is
RSTS-11. There is the material from PDP-10 tapes that was discussed here in the
past year, which I identified as very early RSTS sources. I don't know yet if
they are
> From: Peter Dick
> Question: how do the three of you (Noel) cctalk@classiccmp.org and Paul
> Koning fit together?
CCTalk is a mailing list for people who collect antique ('classic') computers;
Paul and I are both members. I collect PDP-11's (I used them in school from
'72 to
> On Jun 28, 2020, at 5:08 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> From: Paul Koning
>
>> RSTS/E of course has a bunch of new stuff in it to deal with mapping,
>> but the bulk of the code carries over from RSTS-11.
>
> I was assuming that the basic intermal environment was sufficiently
> From: Paul Koning
> RSTS/E of course has a bunch of new stuff in it to deal with mapping,
> but the bulk of the code carries over from RSTS-11.
I was assuming that the basic intermal environment was sufficiently different
that not a lot of the OS-level code could carry over, but I
> On Jun 28, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>
>> This means RSTS/E, the Greatest Operating System ever, has just turned 50
>> years old.
>
> Now, we all need to dig out the "RSTS 50th birthday" paper from eons ago..
You mean the 80th birthday spoof? It's on line.
> On Jun 28, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> From: Peter Dick
>
>> As I expect you know, RSTS was 'born' on 11th June 1970 as shown when
>> you print DATE$(1%) ...
>> This means RSTS/E, the Greatest Operating System ever, has just turned
>> 50 years old.
>
> Err, I
