[HECnet] Re: [Simh] Getting rsxs to run on the pdp11 emulator

[Jordi Guillaumes i Pons]

Could it still be, like that manual suggests in section 2.2.1 on page
2-5, that it is indeed "BRUSYS Standalone Copy System and Layered
Product Corrections"?

I don't think so. Sounds more like someone did a backup of a just installed/booted system on tape...

Oh, still haven't had much time to look at Kermit :(

I'm not sure what tape image are you trying to install. Just did a quick test using this one:

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp11/magtapes/rsx11mplus/BB-J0830-01.L01_RSX11M+_V4.6_BRU_1999.tap

which seems to be the same you are using:

$ ./pdp11

PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Beta               git commit id: a67afa4a
Disabling XQ
sim> att tq BB-J0830-01.M01_RSX11M+_V4.6_1999.tap
sim> b tq


RSX-11M/RSX-11M-PLUS STANDALONE COPY SYSTEM V4.8


RSX-11M/RSX-11M-PLUS Standalone Configuration and Disk Sizing Program

Valid switches are:
            /CSR=nnnnnn to change the default device CSR
            /VEC=nnn to change the default device vector
            /FOR=n to change the default magtape formatter number
            /DEV to list all default device CSR and vectors


Enter first device: /DEV

Device           CSR         Vector     CSR Status
------         ------     ------     ----------
DB                 176700       254         Present
DK                 177404       220         Present
DL                 174400       160         Present
DM                 177440       210         Present
DP                 176714       300         Present
DR                 176300       150         Not Present
DU                 172150       154         Present
MM FOR=0     172440       330         Not Present
MS                 172522       224         Not Present
MT                 160000       320         Not Present
MU                 174500       260         Present



Enter first device: MU0:

Enter second device: U\U\FU\UF\DU0:

Hit RETURN and enter date and time as 'TIM HH:MM MM/DD/YY'

RUN BAD

BAD>DU0:
BAD -- DU0: Total bad blocks= 0.
BAD>^Z

Run BRU

BRU>
Simulation stopped, PC: 001344 (CLRB (R1)+)
sim> att tq0 BB-J0830-01.L01_RSX11M+_V4.6_BRU_1999.tap
sim> c

From:
BRU -- *FATAL* -- Syntax error

BRU>/INIT MU0: DU0:
BRU - Starting Tape 1 on MU0:

BRU - End of Tape 1 on MU0:

BRU - Completed

BRU>
Simulation stopped, PC: 001344 (CLRB (R1)+)
sim> b rq



RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6   BL87     1024.KW   System:"Baseline"
RED DU:=SY:
RED DU:=LB:
(...) 

I have stopped here, but I have got a baseline system that I should be able to SYSGEN.

The SIMH configuration I have used is quite simple:

$ cat pdp11.ini
set cpu 11/70
set cpu 2M
att rq0 RD54.000
set tm disable                     

Those are MSCP disks and tapes, visibles from RSX as MU: and DU: The emulated tape drive is a TK50, and the disk is a RRD54.