On 3 January 2016 at 16:56, Paul Koning <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if it's documented in some obscure spot, or if we neglected to do > so. The answer is: the word "CCL" passes the string that follows to RSTS as > a command to execute. So any CCL command (anything added with > define/command/system) will work. Normally "switch" is such a command, so > you would do "ccl switch" (or the equivalent "ccl switch dcl"). > Thank you very, very much for that. I don't think I ever saw mention of that, at least within RSTS/E itself.
> Actually, it's because I ported it to RSTS as an internal tool, and managed > to get it shipped so long as DEC wouldn't have to support it. There are two > FORTH programs that should be included: one is ODT which is like the Basic > ODT tool except that it handles large files, and the other is SDA which is an > interactive crashdump analyzer inspired by (but not derived from) the VMS > tool by that name. I don't remember if the sources are distributed; if not, > SDA does have a HELP command that should give you some ideas. > > This Forth implementation is a port of Fig-FORTH by John S. James, with some > RSTS-specific magic added. I just realized the file header says that it is > in the public domain, so I suppose I should post the source... > Well, I stand corrected; by one of the people responsible for the existence of the RTS in question! :P That's neat learning the history of it. I didn't know why DEC had included a FORTH RTS nor what the SDA.4TH program actually was (I had guessed that ODT.4TH was related in some what to ODT). It appears that the SDA source is in UNSUPP$:, namely SDA.FTH. I don't see the ODT source however. On 3 January 2016 at 18:43, Paul Koning <[email protected]> wrote: > So the question would be: where should it go? Bitsavers? trailing-edge.com? > Why not both? Would be useful to have it in multiple places. Cheers, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request. _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
