[Simh] 101 Basic Games for RSTS/E (was Re: PDP11 on Simh for public access)

[Johnny Billquist]

Cool. Thanks. Downloaded and unpacket.
Anyone interested and on HECnet can now find them on MIM::DU:[101GAMES]

Looked a little at one or two files. BASIC+2 do not like them. The code 
uses special shorts, functions and specifics that don't match.
I wonder if BASIC+ accepts them either, or if this might be from some 
other BASIC dialect that DEC had at some point.

If I have plenty of time at some point, I might sit down and write a 
converter for them to BASIC+2 style.

   Johnny

On 2018-01-25 20:39, Tony Nicholson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:18 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se 
> <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
> 
>     Since the disk pack contains basic sorces, this could also probably
>     be used on rsx systems, but then we need a different file system.
>     Care to create a disk in rt11 format, since that is pretty much the
>     common file system that all oses have tools to read/write?
> 
> 
> An RT-11 format RL01 with the 56 files from the DECtape is in a zip file at
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hXBmOUL_dNQaYP6qH9vQ8VVe0KrLoNut/view?usp=sharing
> 
> When trying it on other systems be aware that in some of the BASIC-Plus 
> source files there are continuation lines prefixed by <LF><CR> line 
> endings (normal lines have <CR><LF>).
> 
> Also (in case you're wondering) there are only 56 files - since this was 
> the maximum number of files that would fit on a DOS-11 format DECtape.
> 
> Was there a second DECtape with the remaining games from the book?  If 
> not, one of these days when i get a round tuit - I should type them in!
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
>     Johnny
> 
> 
>     Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org
>     <mailto:tony.nicholson at computer.org>> skrev: (24 januari 2018
>     21:23:21 CET)
> 
>         On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 5:17 AM, Bryan.e.davies
>         <bryan.e.davies at gmail.com <mailto:bryan.e.davies at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>             Ok thanks for the verification. I'll download and unzip again.
> 
>             Attached pic is the PDP emulator on the VT100 at CCH.
> 
> 
>         Sorry about the mix-up with RSTS disk formats.  I knew it was
>         different for older versions.
> 
>         I've just made a RSTS level 0.0 format RL01 disk image so you
>         can use this on older versions of RSTS/E (verified and written
>         using RSTS/E V7.0-07). You can get a zip file containing this at
> 
>         https://drive.google.com/file/d/15iRczp1kYITHuH6zYNImtZgtguw_g66V/view?usp=sharing
>         <https://drive.google.com/file/d/15iRczp1kYITHuH6zYNImtZgtguw_g66V/view?usp=sharing>
> 
>         and I also added it (rl01-games-rsts0-0.dsk) to the original zip
>         file that I shared.
> 
>         If anyone needs this on an RK05 image to run under older
>         versions of RSTS/E (like V4B or V06C) - e-mail me privately (or
>         use the DECtape image which I know also works)!
> 
>         And to Mark Abene - yes I think the book from bitsavers was an
>         early version of the book by Dave Ahl - before he left DEC to
>         start Creative Computing magazine.
> 
>         Tony
> 
> 
>     -- 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org 
> <mailto:tony.nicholson at computer.org>>


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