[Simh] RSTS V9.6 install

[Tony Nicholson]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Tim Shoppa <shoppa at trailing-edge.com> wrote:
> Fausto Saporito <fausap at unina.it> wrote:
>  > Hello all,
>  > I downloaded the zip file, named rsts_v9_6_install.zip, from
>  > ftp.trailing-edge.com
>  > Unzipped, I saw it's a tap file, so it should be a tape file. I tried
>  > with a PDP 11/94 using TM0 device, but I'm not able to boot from tape.
>  >
>  > Is that a bootable tape? What's the right installation procedure?
>
>  Well, the extension may be .tap, but it's actually DECUS TPC, so
>  you have to run mtcvtv23 to turn it into a "real" .tap file.

...or use the tpc format option under SIMH -

; attach rsts installation tape
set ts0 locked
set ts0 format=tpc
att ts0 rsts_v9_6_install.tap

Tony

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Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org>