[HECnet] Fortran-77 on RSTS/E V10.1

[Supratim Sanyal]

> On Jul 7, 2020, at 7:48 AM, Wilm Boerhout <wboerhout at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In the meantime, I succesfully installed Fortran 77 V5.3 on RSTS 10.1

This is awesome Wilm. I will reach out to you offlist in a few days. Thank you.

> The tape file has the same origin as the V5.4 tape, ftp://ftp.trailing-edge.com/pub/rsts_dists/
> 
> As it turns out, the V5.4 tape file is neither an INSTAL nor an UPDATE tape image. (@[0,1]UPDATE FRTRN77 fails with the same error message).
> 
> /Wilm
> 
> Wilm Boerhout schreef op 6-7-2020 om 16:09:
>> I'm trying to get the Fortran-77 compiler installed on PIRSTS:: , which is a working system on HECnet.
>> 
>> I have a TPC-formatted tape image with the name fortran-77_v5_4.tap
>> 
>> When I mount that tape, these are the contents:
>> 
>> $ mount mu0: F77504 %Device is write protected Density is 135 Tape is in ANSI format $ dir mu0: Name .Typ Size Name .Typ Size Name .Typ Size MU0: AUT101.A * 244 P AUTVER.BCK* 1 P F77F77.BCK* 3 P F77REL.BCK* 7 P F77504.A * 407 P Total of 662 blocks in 5 files in MU0:
>> 
>> Also, during the installation I copied all layered product patches to PATCH$, including what looks like patches for this version of Fortran-77:
>> 
>> $ dir patch$:f*.*
>> 
>> Name .Typ Size Prot Name .Typ Size Prot SY:[0,200] FALDBG.TSK 225C <232> FALOVL.TSK 213C <232> FALRLB.TSK 80C <232> FEDLIB.OLB 118 < 60> FEDTKB.CMD 1 < 60> FEDTKB.ODL 2 < 60> FMS .01L 0 < 60> FMS .COM 38 < 60> FMS .DOC 3 < 60> FORTRA.01L 0 < 60> F77 .DOC 6 < 60> F77504.DAT 3 < 60> F77COM.OBJ 24 < 60> FRTRN7.01L 0 < 60> Total of 713 blocks in 14 files in SY:[0,200]
>> 
>> However, when I try to instal Fortran-77 (@[0,1]INSTAL FRTRN77) at some point the installer ties to mount the tape and fails with:
>> 
>> ?ID labels don't match
>> 
>> Looking at the INSTAL.COM script, I believe it expects a label "FRTRN7", whereas the tape is labeled F77504.
>> This string also appears as a file name in the PATCH$ directory and as a file on the tape itself.
>> 
>> Clearly, there is a mismatch between the installer and the tape image (but more likely, in my head)
>> 
>> Did anybody successfully install Fortran-77 on RSTS V10.1L ? How, and using what tape image?
>> 
>> 
>> */Wilm*
>> 
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