[Simh] Question about special pidp8 simh and ADVENT

B Degnan billdeg at buzz1.com
Thu Aug 17 13:30:06 EDT 2017


> >
> >
> > D.F. TOO BIG INIT 0000
> > MAIN 1740
> ADVENT needs 32k. What does MEM say from OS/8? If not "32K memory!" fix
> your .ini file
>
> Some disk images in the wild don't have good FRTS, updated ADVENT, etc.
> FRTS and the compiler need to be compatible - the compiler generates
> references to addresses in the runtime that have to match. Old FRTS
> matched with a load file from a newer compiler won't work.
>
> Grab the disk at http://www.rickmurphy.net/advent/advent.rk05 and try
> using it versus what you're trying.
> -Rick
  
 Worked fine Rick, thanks.  The OS/8 did not display the opening splash 
screen I normally see with other copies of OS/8 I have but that's not 
important.
 Bill




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