[Simh] OS/8

[Mark Pizzolato]

On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Vince Mulhollon wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Bill Cunningham <billcun at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >   One thing I have noticed in simh's software kits repository, is 
> > that the OS/8 there doesn't seem to have any simh loading or 
> > preparation instructions for OS/8.
> 
> Find "OS/8 system reference manual" from bitsavers or whatever.  
> The 1973 edition. AKA document name DEC-S8-OSRMA-A-D
>
> Starts right off with bootstrapping your OS/8 from papertape. 
> (also instructions for disk and dectape)
>
> I've always meant to implement this in my infinite spare time as 
> TCL Expect macros to automate an install for testing and general 
> messing around.

FYI, the current simh at https://github.com/simh/simh has built-in
EXPECT functionality.  Given that, a platform independent install & 
test script could readily be implemented...


- Mark