Article 3273 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news2.best.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!xfer13.netnews.com!netnews.com!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: Rich Alderson Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: TS-10 emulator status. Date: 24 Jan 2001 14:49:02 -0500 Organization: Systems Administration, XKL LLC, Redmond WA 98052 Lines: 98 Sender: alderson+news@panix2.panix.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 980365742 785 166.84.0.227 (24 Jan 2001 19:49:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Jan 2001 19:49:02 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:3273 Tim, I don't have a 4.1 installation for Tops-20, but the contents did not change much if at all between 4.1 and 7.0 on the KL-10; I imagine that they were the same or similar on the KS-10. The Installation Tape contains 6 files: MONITR.EXE EXEC.EXE DLUSER.EXE DLUSER save set DUMPER.EXE DUMPER save sets (one long file, multiple sets internally) There was a bug in DLUSER that actually made the installation manual wrong at one point, so here's how to install a Tops-20 system once you are at the EXEC prompt ("@"). The indented comments are for your information; obviously, you should not type them. @enable turns on OPERATOR privileges--you are logged in as OPERATOR at this point--and changes prompt to "$" $rewind mta0: to make your life easier should you need to re-boot $copy mta0: monitr.exe $copy mta0: exec.exe now you can re-boot from disk and get an EXEC started $copy mta0: dluser.exe NOTE THE DIRECTORY! $copy mta0: USERS.TXT this is the DLUSER data file's default name, which makes life easier $copy mta0: dumper.exe let's get all the copying out of the way now, and start the installa- tion process $dluser DLUSER> structure ps: default, but let's do everything by the book, as it were DLUSER> load users.txt defines the directory layout of the public structure DLUSER> exit The Installation Tape contains , , and in DUMPER save sets. Repeat the RESTORE command below to load all sets. $dumper [Using MTA-DUMPER:] DUMPER> tape mta0: must specify a tape, and MTA-DUMPER: is not (yet) defined DUMPER> restore ps:<*>*.*.* This will get the files I'm assuming that you have named the public structure "PS:", but if you called it something else (e.g., "FOO:") the command should read restore ps:<*>*.*.* foo:<*>*.*.* DUMPER> restore ps:<*>*.*.* This gets the initial files DUMPER> restore ps:<*>*.*.* This gets the GALAXY files DUMPER> restore ps:<*>*.*.* This gets the files DUMPER> exit $unload mta0: $information disk-usage ps:<*> This will tell you how much disk space is taken up by each directory The next step is optional: If you want to catch the memory image of the system in case of monitor crashes, you need to create a repository file called DUMP.EXE of the memory size on your system. For example, if you have 4MW of memory, specify "4096" below. $run makdmp.exe MAKDMP> create ps:dump.exe 4096 MAKDMP> exit Once you've gotten this far, we can explore the next things you need to do to set up a Tops-20 system. And maybe in the mean time someone will find a KS-10 Installation Guide. It won't be me, since I've never worked with the little guys (except as a tourist at MIT). -- Rich Alderson alderson+news@panix.com "You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime." --Death, of the Endless