[Simh] Simh Digest, Vol 189, Issue 7

Peter Allan petermallan at gmail.com
Thu Oct 10 14:50:06 EDT 2019 

I tried 1,2 SYSTEM and it doesn't work. I conclude that my system is no
longer a virgin.

Not sure what that makes it.

Peter


On Wed, 9 Oct 2019, 21:59 , <simh-request at trailing-edge.com> wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 21:24:04 +0100
> From: Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Simh] Getting started with RSTS - unknown password
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> 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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> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 16:31:32 -0400
> From: Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com>
> To: Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com>
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> 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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> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:38:22 +0200
> From: Wilm Boerhout <wilm at boerhout.nl>
> To: Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com>
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> I believe the 1,2 password is “system” on a virgin system.
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> Op wo 9 okt. 2019 om 22:24 schreef Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com>
>
> > 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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