[Simh] PDP-15/76

[Bob Supnik]

That would be much appreciated. The following are of particular interest 
to me:

XUSMA - XVM Unichannel
LMALA - XVM Macro15
LMLAA - XVM Mac11 (PDP11 assembler)
LFLGA - XVM FOCAL
ULLUA - XVM linking loader

If this is too much, priority is top to bottom.

Thanks,

/Bob Supnik

On 3/15/2016 1:31 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> We have a bunch of documents related to PDP-15 and XVM/DOS. Some of 
> them does not appear to be present on bitsavers. If there are interest 
> we will try to make an effort and have them scanned.
>
> http://www.datormuseum.se/documentation-software/pdp-15-documentation
>
>
> The documentation was the only thing that remained from the PDP-15 
> installation at Standard Radio & Telefon (part of the ITT company) 
> that was used for development of the ATC (Automatic Train Control) system.
>
> /Mattis
>
> 2016-03-15 17:46 GMT+01:00 Bob Supnik <bob at supnik.org 
> <mailto:bob at supnik.org>>:
>
>     I've pulled together the hardware pieces for the PDP-15/76 (PDP-15
>     with UC15 PDP-11 IO processor), so now it's time to consider what
>     software can be run.
>
>     The most likely candidate is XVM/DOS-15. While vanilla DOS-15 had
>     UC15 support at some point, neither a complete source kit nor the
>     appropriate restore DECtape images seem to be available. The
>     XVM/DOS-15 kit has all required DECtapes, but it lacks the
>     paper-tape elements. Fortunately, these exist in source form in
>     the XVM/DOS-15 source kit.
>
>     ABSL11 - a PDP-15 read-in mode tape that allows PDP-11 absolute
>     binary tapes to be read into shared memory and moved to private
>     memory. (This is not strictly necessary, because the PDP-11 side
>     has its "hardware" binary loader via the LOAD command.) This is
>     used to load PIREX. It must be assembled on the PDP-15.
>
>     PIREX - a PDP-11 absolute mode tape that runs the PDP-11 IO
>     executive. It has to be assembled on an -11, so the source must be
>     loaded into an RT11 system, assembled, and punched out as a binary
>     paper tape image. It's possible that the macro11 cross assembler
>     could be used instead.
>
>     DOSSAV - a PDP-15 binary tape that restores a distribution kit
>     (usually two DECtapes) to RF, RP, or RK disk. It must be assembled
>     on the PDP-15. It uses PIREX.
>
>     RKBOOT - a PDP-15 read-in mode tape that uses PIREX to boot a
>     PDP-15 operating system off the RK15 (an 18b RK11). It must be
>     assembled on the PDP-15. It uses PIREX.
>
>     /Bob
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