[HECnet] DECnet-RT?

[Johnny Billquist]

If you have that CD hooked up to a (simulated) PDP-11 running RT-11, I 
could imagine that we are talking about the RT-11 partitioning of large 
MSCP drives.

   Johnny

On 2020-03-31 13:25, Peter Allan wrote:
> Thanks to Ray, I now have the v1 and v5 of the RT-11 CD (well, the ISO 
> file of it). However, I am confused by the nature of the virtual CD.
> 
> I have extracted the file RTV5RL.03 and started an installation using 
> it. I have not continued with the installation, but it looks like it 
> should work.So far,so good.
> 
> However, the file README.1st refers to there being several RT11 
> partitions on the CD and that  some of these are bootable. I have never 
> come across multiple partitions on a CD and I don't know how to access 
> them. The SIMH ATTACH command appears to only connect to files, not 
> partitions on a disk.
> 
> So I am stuck. Any suggestions?
> 
> Peter Allan
> 
> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 19:05, Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com 
> <mailto:raywjewhurst at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     rsts.org <http://rsts.org> has the RT-11 CD in its archive and v5 of
>     the CD has 5.7.
> 
>     On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 11:58 AM Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com
>     <mailto:petermallan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi Bob,
> 
>         I have a similar thought. Is RT-11 V5.7 available on the
>         internet somewhere? I recall discussions about this some time
>         ago, but I forget the outcome.
> 
>         Cheers
> 
>         Peter Allan
> 
>         On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 23:15, Robert Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com
>         <mailto:bob at jfcl.com>> wrote:
> 
>                Still looking for things to do at home here, so I’ve set
>             up another PDP-11 with RT11 this time.  I have v5.7 up and
>             running just fine, but I’d really like to network it and I
>             can’t find a copy of DECnet-RT anywhere.  Can someone send
>             me a pointer?____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>                BTW, was DECnet-RT ever upgraded to Phase IV or did it
>             stop with III?____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>                Yes, I know there’s a TCP/IP for RT11.  I might actually
>             end up using that instead, but I’d prefer to have it on
>             HECnet if I can.____
> 
>             __ __
> 
>             Thanks,____
> 
>             Bob____
> 

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