[Simh] space.pa as a ticker tape dev

[Christian Buchegger]

Rob,

the space.pa file resides in the same directory as my os8 disk images. I 
usually inlcude the
attach statement in my os8.ini file which looks likethis:

set log session.log
attach rx1 drivers.rx01
attach rk0 disk0.rk
attach ptr space.pa
boot rk0

In order to load this file properly like I described you need to have the 
PTR device installed.
Verfiy this using
.RESORC /E

If you dont find the PTR device its going to be tricky. Here it is. Find the 
driver PT8E.BN in the distribution of your OS8 version and follow the steps 
lined out below.

.RUN SYS BUILD

$LOAD RXA1:PT8E

$INS PT8E:PTR

$PRINT

RX02: *RXA0 *RXA1
LPSV: *LPT
KL8E: *TTY
RK05:  RKA0  RKB0  RKA1  RKB1  RKA2  RKB2  RKA3  RKB3
RK8E: *SYS  *RKA0 *RKB0
VT50:  LST
TM8E: *MTA0  MTA1  MTA2  MTA3  MTA4  MTA5  MTA6  MTA7
TD8A: *DTA0 *DTA1
BAT : *BAT
PT8E:  PTP  *PTR

DSK=RK8E:RKB0

$BOOT
SYS BUILT
.SAV SYS BUILD

Perform a reboot at this point.


Have fun,
Christian




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rob at merrittnet.org>
To: <simh at trailing-edge.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: [Simh] space.pa as a ticker tape dev


> Thanks Christian
>
>       Where does the space.pa file need to be to be read in via ptr?
>
>
>       Quoting rob <rob at merrittnet.org>:
>
>       >
>       > Rob,
>
>       find below an except,  from my personal notes I have taken when
> compiling
>       the Pascal compiler mentioned below.
>       Tha major issue was a CR/LF mismatch I faced because I used windows
> as host
>       system.
>
>       As an explanation to the symptom you are seeing is that the os8
> editor
>       manages big source codes in units of pages marked by <FF>.
>       This requires special treatment on every page end.
>
>       Hope this helps,
>       Christian
>
>
>       Pascal Compiler
>
>       Sources for the compiler can be found at:
> http://www.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/.
>       A PAL8 version is
>       http://www.dbit.com/pub/pdp8/nickel/langs/pascal/ascii/pascal.pa.
>
>       It can be read into the simultor by attaching this ascii file to the
> PTR
>       device:
>
>       att ptr pascal.pa
>
>       --
>
>       .R PIP
>       *PASCAL.PA<PTR:
>
>       .R PAL8
>       *PASCAL<PASCAL
>
>
>       However at the present I receive a compiling error: PH 0200.
>       Answer:
>
> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/os8/AA-H610A-TA_os8errMsg_mar79.pdf
>       .. non matching angle brackets "<" ">"
>
>
>
>       --
>       Rob Merritt
>       Systems Analyst
>       EEC
>
>
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