On 2016-02-17 21:02, Paul Koning wrote:
On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:55 PM, Larry Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
If you really want the RT-11 experience, try running it off RX01 floppies. My
first experience with DEC PDP-11's was a PDP-11/34 (not 34A; no FPU) running
RT-11 off floppies. Ka-klunk, ka-klunk!
Yes, but that's still quite a lot faster than running it on DECtape.
Still, the amazing part is that RT on DECtape actually works. It's the only
DEC OS I know of for which that is true.
Like others said, lots of PDP-8 systems definitely ran only from
DECtape. So that is not unique by any means.
But more generally - DECtape is just a block addressable mass storage
system, just like any other. In theory, any OS that can run from a disk
can just as well run from DECtape. Speed will be slow, but that's the
only thing about it.
Johnny
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