Help: simulated OS/8 gen

[Rick Murphy]

At 08:57 PM 4/30/2005, Dennis Boone wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I'm trying to construct an OS/8 environment under SIMH.  I'm trying to
>use an RK05 device for the SYS volume, but can't seem to get the BUILD
>procedure right.  The OS/8 distribution I grabbed is dectape images
>of V3D from http://www.pdp8.net/images/images/misc_dectapes.shtml.
>
>Here's what I've done so far:
>
>         sim> at dt0 Dectapes/AL-4711C-BA.tu56
>         DT0: 12b format, buffering file in memory
>         sim> at dt1 Dectapes/AL-4712C-BA.tu56
>         DT1: 12b format, buffering file in memory
>         sim> at rk0 sys.dsk
>         sim> at rk1 user.dsk
>         sim> b dt0
>
>         .R BUILD
>
>         $
>
>At this point, I can't seem to INSERT or SYS anything resembling an
>RK05 system disk.  If I:
>
>         $LOAD DTA1:RK08SY

You're probably using the wrong driver. Try LOAD DTA1:RK8ESY
         -Rick