8 Nov
2023
8 Nov
'23
9:55 a.m.
Short for mim.stupi.net <http://mim.stupi.net/> -- Johnny's web server where I
found an assortment of RSX manuals, including a whole bunch of layered product manuals
that carry over to other PDP-11 operating systems as well. A lot of them don't seem
to be on Bitsavers. Among them are installation manuals for things like DEC C, APL, and
Datatrieve.
So now I have DEC C installed, and it works. Its generated code is surprisingly bad,
though. Loading a sequence of structure fields by loading the base address into a
register once for each assignment is a rather obvious bad idea. So while GCC is not
exactly stellar on PDP-11 (or VAX) code generation, it does better than that.
paul
On Nov 8, 2023, at 10:50 AM, Lee Courtney via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Not related to the original question, but what is "STUPI?"
TIA!
Lee C.
On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 11:10 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
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On Nov 7, 2023, at 8:49 PM, Paul Koning
<pa0pkg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi... I'm seriously rusty on official RSTS installation procedures.
I'm trying to install DEC C using the C_V1_2.tap file from the bitsavers
bits/DEC/pdp11/rsts directory. It's actually a TPC file, in spite of what
the extension suggests. Once I supply the correct format, SIMH recognizes
it and RSTS can see the tape contents.
Then I try @[0,1]install c81. Point to the tape, answer the
destination, and then it asks me for the "library" tape and complains
when
I give it the C tape again (labels don't match).
So what is it looking for? Does anyone have the C installation
procedure handy?
paul
Never mind... (a) C81 is COBOL (!!) not C. And I found the C installation
manual on STUPI. Off & running now.
paul