Christian Gauger-Cosgrove mentioned on 7-6-2011 16:36:
Hello again everyone;
First I'll start by responding to some of the responses I have received:
Mr. Pizzolato:
I attempted setting the line settings in RSTS/E. I found it works
using the command "SET TERMINAL<keyboard line>:/PERMANENT/DIALUP" and
because RSTS/E assumes everything is an LA36, I also tack on
"/DEVICE_TYPE=VT100" to the end of that.
My START.COM file has expanded to quite a large volume in the terminal
characteristics area.
Mr. Myers:
The priamry issue has been fixed.
Well, I can get most of the layered products installed, as I knew about the
@[0,1]install layered_products" command, my problem was getting tapes
mounted because I didn't know the tape label. The trick of opening the
file in Notepad/Vim/<insert text editor here> was helpful (though I
was able to get the BASIC-PLUS 2, DECmail-11 and FMS11 tape labels
without difficulty).
Only problem is, I can't seem to get the Fortran 77 V5.4 tape to
install. I found the tape label (F77504), got the tape mounted and
tried running the layered products installer, but the installer
helpfully informed me of having the wrong tape label. So Fortran-77
isn't installing for me.
Also, where or what are the command files for the various layered
products that I need to add to the START.COM file? And where would I
add the command files to START.COM?
Mr. Boerhout:
I just re-ran the SYSGEN for V10.1; I saw nothing at all mentioning
the DZ or VH devices. I did see questions regarding some of the
synchronous networking interfaces and devices for talking to IBM.
Though yeah, as I mentioned in my respone to Mr. Pizzolato I was able
to get it working by cramming 32 "SET TERMINAL<keyboard
number>/PERMANENT/DIALUP/DEVICE_TYPE=VT100" into the RSTS/E START.COM
file.
So I've managed to correct my whole issue of the remote consoles being
seen as physically directly connected, and not as modem lines. So to
re-iterate my current issue, I'm having difficulty installing some of
the layered products in RSTS/E. Namely Fortran 77 and C for the
PDP-11. Also, I have no idea what commands to add into my RSTS/E
START.COM so that the layered products that have been installed,
remain installed when I reboot the system.
Trying to install the Fortran 77 compiler via the normal method
("@[0,1]install layered_products") has the layered products instaler
helpfully inform me that the tape label is wrong and that it won't
install. The tape image I'm using is the one in "fortran-77_v5_4.zp"
file found here: ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/rsts_dists/
The C compiler is the one on the tape in the "c_v1_2.zip" file. The C
compiler isn't even listed in the layered products installer so I have
no idea what to do.
Thanks to any one at all who can provide help.
Cheers!
Thanks for the feedback, glad to see that it's working. Apparently,
later versions of RSTS (than those I have worked with directly) have
moved the terminal characteristics from the INSTALL/SYSGEN phase to the
configuration phase, which of course gives much more flexibility. It now
is somewhat like VMS.
/Wilm
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