pointers on what tss/8 really needs to run

[Brad Parker]

First off, my apologies to the pdp-8 aficionados on the list.  While I used
8's back in the day there's a lot I don't know about them.

I'd like to understand *exactly* what hardware tss/8 needs to run.

My understanding is that it will only run on an 8/I with the following
options

   KT08/I timesharing option
   MC8/I memory option
   KE8/I multiply divide option

I'm curious because I wrote up a simple pdp-8 verilog description which
runs FOCAL and I think it would be fun to run tss/8 also.

I'd like some pointers to documents which describe the options needed and
details about them.

Certainly all of the IF/DF extended memory is needed, since last time I ran
tss/8 we had 32k.  I'm guessing that this is covered in the MC8/I documents.

I'm curious if the KE8/I is the same as the EAE.

And I've never seen a description the KT08, all though I can guess what
it does (traps any 6xxx as well as halt and switch register access at
a minimum, but anything else?)

Also, if there is a better list for this sort of question please let me know.

I've never read alt.pdp8.whoknowswhat but maybe I should.

-brad