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    From Andy Valencia@vandys@vsta.org to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Aug 26 15:18:04 2024
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    What's the path of least resistance for getting teco onto a simh
    disk image RSX-11M+ install? I got a disk image for the pi, and it
    works quite well--but lacks teco, alas.

    I have the latest/greatest source dump of DECUS teco, but if somebody
    could just point to a .tsk, that would probably be much simpler.

    Thanks in advance!

    Andy Valencia
    Home page: https://www.vsta.org/andy/
    To contact me: https://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html
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  • From Andy Valencia@vandys@vsta.org to alt.sys.pdp11 on Fri Aug 30 11:27:00 2024
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    Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> writes:
    I have the latest/greatest source dump of DECUS teco, but if somebody
    could just point to a .tsk, that would probably be much simpler.

    Johnny Billquist's net-attached RSX11 machine is like the
    Library of Alexandria of RSX11 software! I have the bits,
    including a Kermit which I'll use in the future to move bits
    off and onto my RSX11 system disk. But how do I get these
    initial bits on? I assume I create a .tap file and attach
    it to simh. But how do I assemble the .tap's contents?

    There's lots of utilities to convert between different emulator's
    tape file formats. But I just am not spotting the "put these files
    onto a tape for RSX" or "conver this .tar to a .tap file usable
    from RSX"?

    Andy Valencia
    Home page: https://www.vsta.org/andy/
    To contact me: https://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html
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  • From Bob Eager@news0009@eager.cx to alt.sys.pdp11 on Fri Aug 30 20:09:47 2024
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    On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:27:00 -0700, Andy Valencia wrote:

    Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> writes:
    I have the latest/greatest source dump of DECUS teco, but if somebody
    could just point to a .tsk, that would probably be much simpler.

    Johnny Billquist's net-attached RSX11 machine is like the Library of Alexandria of RSX11 software! I have the bits, including a Kermit which
    I'll use in the future to move bits off and onto my RSX11 system disk.
    But how do I get these initial bits on? I assume I create a .tap file
    and attach it to simh. But how do I assemble the .tap's contents?

    There's lots of utilities to convert between different emulator's tape
    file formats. But I just am not spotting the "put these files onto a
    tape for RSX" or "conver this .tar to a .tap file usable from RSX"?

    Andy Valencia Home page: https://www.vsta.org/andy/
    To contact me: https://www.vsta.org/contact/andy.html

    I know how to generate a tape, without labels, in SIMH format. I don't
    know how easy it is to read that on RSX.

    https://www.tavi.co.uk/unixhistory/quasijarus/mksimtape.zip
    --
    Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

    Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
    http://www.mirrorservice.org
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  • From Johnny Billquist@bqt@softjar.se to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Dec 2 23:51:26 2024
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    On 2024-08-27 00:18, Andy Valencia wrote:
    What's the path of least resistance for getting teco onto a simh
    disk image RSX-11M+ install? I got a disk image for the pi, and it
    works quite well--but lacks teco, alas.

    I have the latest/greatest source dump of DECUS teco, but if somebody
    could just point to a .tsk, that would probably be much simpler.

    Install the RPM system on your machine, and then you can install TECO
    from RPM.

    http://mim.stupi.net/rpm

    Johnny

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  • From Johnny Billquist@bqt@softjar.se to alt.sys.pdp11 on Mon Dec 2 23:53:36 2024
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    On 2024-08-30 20:27, Andy Valencia wrote:
    Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> writes:
    I have the latest/greatest source dump of DECUS teco, but if somebody
    could just point to a .tsk, that would probably be much simpler.

    Johnny Billquist's net-attached RSX11 machine is like the
    Library of Alexandria of RSX11 software! I have the bits,
    including a Kermit which I'll use in the future to move bits
    off and onto my RSX11 system disk. But how do I get these
    initial bits on? I assume I create a .tap file and attach
    it to simh. But how do I assemble the .tap's contents?

    There's lots of utilities to convert between different emulator's
    tape file formats. But I just am not spotting the "put these files
    onto a tape for RSX" or "conver this .tar to a .tap file usable
    from RSX"?

    That is because it isn't that easy. RSX understands ANSI format tapes.
    You can find tools to deal with such tapes if you search.
    But a part of the problem also becomes that RSX files can have various meta-information that usually gets lost if you move the files over to
    other systems. It's just a headache.

    Best is to transfer directly from RSX to RSX, using FTP.

    Johnny

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