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From: phil@sivax.UUCP (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: RSTS, Systime 1000, PDP11-?4 Help needed
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 18:10:47 EST
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> We desperately need help on the following topics, related to a Systime 1000
> running RSTS 4.0A ( for those outside the UK unfamiliar with Systime they
> are an English company, who among other things, have for some years OEM'd DEC
> products - the 1000 is a PDP11 box).
> 
> The machine was rescued by us from the great machine room in the sky when
> a comercial site was scrapping it, we now have it up and running but have
> very little documentation. In particular information on the following would
> be most appreciated.
> 
> 	- Extended memory paging in this machine.
> 		we are at present running on the minimal 32Kword configuration
> 		, we have extra memory cards but the test program XMEMC claims
> 		it cannot find the 'extended paging register' and claims to
> 		be looking for it at an address which the DEC hardware handbooks
> 		for the unibus claim is reserved for the AD01 ADC.
> 		I cannot find any reference in any DEC documentation to an
> 		extended paging register, only the memory management registers.
> 		the address it claims to be looking for this register at is
> 		776772.
> 
> 	- Systime serial cards.
> 		we also have a four channel serial card which would like to
> 		add, but cannot find any documentation about switch settings
> 		etc. This is a Systime card and as far as I can see is totally
> 		different from any DEC cards.
> 		The systime part number is 30-0120
> 
> 	- Disk drives.
> 		we have a pair of Ampex front loading 12Meg cartridge drives
> 		again no documentation.
> 
> 	- System software.
> 		The system packs we actually aquired with the machine, were
> 		simply the sites working system packs, with everything but
> 		the utilities they actually used deleted. We certainly don't
> 		have distribution packs. copies of programs like MACRO11 and
> 		LINK which are standard distribution, certainly with later
> 		versions of RSTS, were not on our system packs.
> 
> (DEC, RSTS, MACRO11, Ampex and Systime are probably all trademarks.)
> 
> Thanks in advance ...
> 
> ----
>                           Rob Pickering 
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>                                              |               UK
> _____________________________________________|__________________________________

I am really familiar with RSTS V4a-12.  I ran it for about 5 years in college.

What processor is the machine (IE 11/44, 11/34 etc)?????

LINK, macro etc were distributed for RSTS V4a only on a DOS-11 distribution
paCK.  TO SYSGEN V4, YOU BOOTED A DOS PACK, GENNED the system, then booted
the destination device.  RSTS V4 had no online macro or link.

What type of interfaces do you have??? (What do they emulate???)

I can probably get you your missing utilities and/or even SOURCES to RSTS V4a
which we can recreate on my current rsts system.  As a matter of fact, for
New Orleans decus 5/85, we regenned RSTS V4a for an 11/05 running in the exhibit
hall of the DECUS symposium FROM SOURCES under RSTS V9.0!!!! It worked without
any errors.

Have fun....Contact me if you need help

Phil Hunt
System Industries

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