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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the rx floppy system usually work ok; Where did you
take the images from ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe a previous post I did on this list
helps:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2007-June/001149.html">http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2007-June/001149.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding the dt0: access check, if the the
driver is included in the build you are using.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RESORC /E</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>should do the job. </FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.RESORC /E</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>21 FILES IN 433 BLOCKS<BR>5 FREE
BLOCKS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># NAME TYPE MODE SIZ BLK KIND U V ENT
USER<BR>01 SYS RX8E RWF 494 SYS 0
E 07<BR>02 DSK RX8E RWF 494 SYS
0 E 07<BR>03 PTR PTR
R 16 PT8E A
112<BR>04 RXA0 RX8E RWF 494
17 E 30<BR>05 RXA1 RX8E
RWF 494 17 E
34<BR>06 RKA0 RK8E RWF 3248 20 RK05 0 A 20<BR>07 RKB0 RK8E RWF 3248
20 RK05 0 A 21<BR>10 RKA1 RK8E RWF 3248 20 RK05 1 A
22<BR>11 RKB1 RK8E RWF 3248 20 RK05 1 A 23<BR>12 TTY TTY
RW 21+ KL8E E 176<BR>13
LPT LPTR W 22+
LQP D 03</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FREE DEVICE SLOTS: 04, FREE BLOCK SLOTS:
03<BR>OS/8 V3Q</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As you can see the rx disks do not contain
this driver.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a distribution of OS/8 V3T available; i
wasnt able to find the place where I downloaded it 2 years ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This dist does have all the drivers, if you are
keen getting DT devices to run.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Christian</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wightmanjc@optusnet.com.au
href="mailto:wightmanjc@optusnet.com.au">John Wightman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=simh@trailing-edge.com
href="mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com">simh@trailing-edge.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 25, 2008 11:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Simh] PDP 8 Emulator</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bob <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What a lovely emulator you have
built<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve got the 4K monitor up and
assembled some code but couldn’t get PIP or anything else to write to a
DECtape – I attached a file called dttape0 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I tried to use PIP Option A to
write an ASCII File to DT0:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is there something I’ve forgotten
?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve had no luck in getting the
OS8 RX system to Boot<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When I attach the file and did a
Boot RX or RX0 my Windows system goes into a loop until I do a Control
E<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I never saw the OS8 RX systems –
Did all my work on Dectape and RK05 from 1970-1974 – typesetting
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hope you can help
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Wightman
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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