On 1/5/16 7:14 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Jan 5, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Will Senn <[email protected]> wrote:
All,
The simulated paper tape device is very handy to copy text around between a
host and simulated environment. My question for the group is, does RSTS/E
10.1-L support the paper tape device? The documentation is sketchy about it but
does make a rare reference to PP: and PR: (help for SYSTAT for example), but it
wasn't a question during sysgen and I can't figure out how to copy files to it.
In RT-11, it's as simple as copy whatever PC: or copy PC: whatever...
Yes, RSTS does support those. I don't know why Sysgen doesn't ask. It doesn't
ask about DECtape, either. Perhaps they are no longer officially supported,
but the software should be there and it should work.
After running sysgen but before running the resulting sysgen.com script, edit
config.mac. Look for the line that mentions PR11 and change the 0 to 1, then
the next line (PP11) also 0 change to 1. While you're there, if you want
DECtape, change TC11 (just above PR11) to be the number of DECtape drives.
Typically that's an even number because a TU56 has two DECtape drives in it.
paul
I followed the steps Paul provided with Christian's clarification and am
now able to copy files to the paper tape punch device PP:...
$ copy instal.log pp:
[File INSTAL.LOG copied to PP:[1,2]]
The ptp.txt file on the host now contains the contents of instal.log
from rsts/e. Woohoo, half way there...
but copying files from PR: doesn't seem to work:
$ copy pr: hello.mac
?Device hung or write locked - file PR:??????.???
I tried PR0: as well, same result. Is the copy command different from
what I typed? or do I need to enable read on the PR device somehow?
Thanks,
Will
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