[Simh] Getting started with RSTS - unknown password

[Ray Jewhurst]

IIRC all of the prebuilt systems on RSTS.org come with a text file called
password.txt which provides all of the passwords. If you no longer have
yours, you could always redownload the packages.

Ray

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 4:24 PM Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com> wrote:

> While I have been playing with running VMS on simulated VAXen, and RT-11
> and RSX-11M(+) on simulated PDP11s for many years, I have never tried RSTS
> on a PDP11 - until now.
>
> I have found installation tapes on rsts.org, but I also have a pre-built
> system that I downloaded in January 2018 that I was hoping to start with. I
> can't recall where I got it from.
>
> The file name that I downloaded is RSTS_V10.1.zip and the contents of the
> zip file are:
>   RQDiskV10_1.DSK
>   rsts_1193.ini
>
> The DSK file is 155MB in size, so I presume it is a simulated RD54.
>
> I can boot the system using the simh pdp11.exe executable on Windows 10 (I
> normally use CentOS rather than Windows for this type of work) and it
> appears to run successfully. HOWEVER, I can't log in as I have no
> information on a username/password combination. I have guessed a few
> possible passwords (including no password) for the [1,2] account, but to no
> avail.
>
> Does anyone recognise the system that I have described to the extent that
> you might be able to help me use it?
>
> Also, does anyone know how to get into a RSTS system when you have
> forgotten the system password? Is this even possible? I know how to do it
> on VMS, but RSTS is completely new to me.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Peter Allan
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