[Simh] 5 Questions (3 Questions Sire) About RSTS/E and Command Line.

Brett Bump bbump at rsts.org
Fri Oct 6 15:29:17 EDT 2017


This is mostly for Tim and Paul, but I figured to cross-post in case any
one might have seen this before (before I lob thy Holy Hand Grenade).

1.  In cleaning up some of my old paperwork, I stumbled across a fanfold
.   paper copy of "RSTS/E System Programmer's Notebook" page 3 (no 1-2)
.   followed by Chapters 1-5 and Appendix A, B pages 1-5.  The bottom of
.   the Preface reads:
.
.   "What follows is a sermon, it is not a Gospel."
.
.   A section on the first page of Appendix A has a paragraph that says:
.
.   CAUTION
.   The PPEK sequences described in this     (sic. I presume PEEK)
.   document are not a part of the supported
.   functionality of RSTS/E V6C as described
.   in the RSTS/E Software Product Description.
.
Has anyone seen/read this before, know who wrote it, have a digital copy
that could be distributed out, or am I destined to type it back in so all
can read (it is good material on old yellowed crackly fanfold paper)???

2.  I lost a very good friend (coworker) this week to MI (he was 66).  We
.   were coteaching a class online Tuesday night and Wednesday morning he
.   was gone. :(  I have inherited 2 of his classes and wish to do the
.   best job I can for his students, honor his legacy, and live up to the
.   praise and respect he gave me that he disclosed to his students.
.
One of these classes is on command line and the text is linux specific.
While I love my linux machines, there has always been a natural flow when
typing commands on pretty much any DEC OS (a person kind of has to acquire
a little bit of tourette's tics to be competent with *nix).  Can someone
in the group provide me with a few accounts to connect to so his students
can see something other than linux???  I think I used to have an account
on CHIMPY, but that has been a while back.

3.  Does anyone have a current HECnet map, so that said students could
.   see how HECnet is set up and navigate a couple of different machines?

That's all.  Sorry to be such a hermit.  I rarely poke my head out into
the world, but this time I felt it was for a just cause. :-)

Brett


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