Links:
Version includes installation from scratch, including sysgen
Another alternative is on retrocmp:
SIMH:
Install from Github, as the Ubuntu version lags a lot
RSX-11 tips and tricks
Formatting (initializing) a disk using rsx-11 on simh
When adding a disk image to simh using “attach” simh will create the file if it does not yet exist- but it will be a file containing all zeroes - not a file system. This means it cannot be used by rsx-11 directly; it needs to be formatted.
Assume the following as simh setup:
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set rq1 rd54
attach rq1 -i rsx11-1.dsk |
When starting simh will create that file if it does not exist. After that we need to start rsx-11:
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sim> boot rq0
RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 BL87 1920.KW System:"RSXMPL"
>RED DU:=SY:
>RED DU:=LB:
>RED DU:=SP:
>MOU DU0:"RSX11MPBL87"
>@DU:[1,2]STARTUP
>; PLEASE NOTE
>;
>; If you have not yet read the system release notes, please do so
>; now before attempting to perform a SYSGEN or to utilize the new
>; features of this system.
>;
>;
>* Please enter time and date (HH:MM DD-MMM-YYYY) [S]: 16:15 16-may-2024
>TIME 16:15 16-may-2024
>ACS SY:/BLKS=1024.
>CON ONLINE ALL
>ELI /LOG/LIM
>CLI /INIT=DCL/CTRLC/DPR="<15><12>/$ /"
>INS LB:[1,1]RMSRESAB.TSK/RON=YES/PAR=GEN
>INS LB:[1,1]RMSLBL.TSK/RON=YES/PAR=GEN
>INS LB:[1,1]RMSLBM.TSK/RON=YES/PAR=GEN
>INS $QMGCLI
>INS $QMGCLI/TASK=...PRI
>INS $QMGCLI/TASK=...SUB
>QUE /START:QMG
>INS $QMGPRT/TASK=PRT.../SLV=NO
>QUE LP0:/CR/NM
>START/ACCOUNTING
>CON ESTAT LP0:
>QUE BAP0:/BATCH
>QUE BAP0:/AS:BATCH
>@ <EOF>
> |
The device we want to initialize is rq1, which becomes du1 in rsx-11. We can see it using an rsx command:
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>show dev du
DU0: Public Mounted Loaded Label=RSX11MPBL87 Type=RD54
DU1: Loaded Type=RD54
DU2: Loaded Type=RD54
DU3: Loaded Type=RX50 |
First allocate the du1 device so that it becomes our “private” device, i.e. usable for our terminal only, then mount it, and finally initialize it:
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>allocate du1:
>mount du1:/foreign
>ini du1:/mxf=8000.
Searching for bad block descriptor file
INI -- Failed to read bad block file |
Next, unmount and remount
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>dmo du1:
16:22:02 *** DU1: -- Dismount complete
DMO -- TT0: dismounted from DU1: *** Final dismount initiated ***
>mount du1:
>show dev du
DU0: Public Mounted Loaded Label=RSX11MPBL87 Type=RD54
DU1: TT0: - Private Mounted Loaded Label= Type=RD54
DU2: Loaded Type=RD54
DU3: Loaded Type=RX50 |
We can now show the root directory for the new device:
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>dir du1:[0,0]
Directory DU1:[0,0]
16-MAY-24 16:22
INDEXF.SYS;1 4009. 16-MAY-24 16:20
BITMAP.SYS;1 77. 16-MAY-24 16:20
BADBLK.SYS;1 0. 16-MAY-24 16:20
000000.DIR;1 1. C 16-MAY-24 16:20
CORIMG.SYS;1 0. 16-MAY-24 16:20
Total of 4087./4087. blocks in 5. files |