[HECnet] Useful RSX stuff

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-05-12 20:06, Cory Smelosky wrote:

On Sun, 12 May 2013, Sampsa Laine wrote:


On 12 May 2013, at 19:17, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:


On Sun, 12 May 2013, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I can't help you directly, but I could point at
ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/rsx_dists/ for an RSX image atleast. I
don't know what is installed on it.


The base image includes DECnet and everything needed for proper
SYSGEN. It is ready-to-run more-or-less.

Oh. Good to know.

Being a total noob, how do I run a "proper SYSGEN"?

set /uic=[200,200]
@sysgen

I might have the wrong UIC though.   Let me know if that doesn't work.

Nope. That is the correct UIC. Note, however, that depending on specifics, a SET /UIC might not do what you want. It's a rather long story, but the short of it is that it might just change your identity without changing directory under M+. But that depends on whether you are in named mode or not.

But SYSGEN.CMD lives in LB:[200,200], and a proper SYSGEN means running that thing. And on a real PDP-11, answer a bunch of questions, and wait somewhere between four and eight hours for it to complete.

	Johnny

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