> On Aug 15, 2021, at 10:08, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On 8/15/21 12:45 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: >>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 2:36 PM Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021, 2:08 PM Douglas Taylor <dj.tayl...@comcast.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 8/14/2021 1:54 PM, Warner Losh wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 10:19 AM Douglas Taylor via cctalk < >>>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I ran into a YouTube video, that it is 5 years old, titled "Ultrix-11 >>>>> 3.1 on an emulated PDP-11/73" and I found it very interesting. >>>>> It shows installation of Ultrix-11 under SIMH. The fellow steps through >>>>> the installation process and appears to be quite knowable. >>>>> I wanted to replicate it but couldn't locate the *.tap file used in the >>>>> video that was an image of the bootable TK50 distribution. >>>>> Bitsavers and tuhs.org have Ultrix-11 files, but not the bootable tape >>>>> image. >>>>> Anyone know where the tape image is located? >>>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-3.1/ >>>> has ultrix-3.1-bootape.tar.gz and seems to be, at first blush, the boot >>>> tape (or its files) that you are looking for. >>>> >>>> Warner >>>> >>>> I took a look at that file and don't exactly know what to do with it. It >>>> is not a bootable image of a tape, but rather the files that are on that >>>> tape. Have to do some more digging. Its a learning experience. >>>> >>> >>> There are several prep programs that take the tape files and make a .tap >>> file. >>> >> Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-11/Fred-Ultrix3 in the tuhs archive has complete >> instructions as well as a program to build the ultrix tapes > > It took a day because I wanted to test it but I have a TK50 image that > works with SIMH. I did an install on an 11/73 with 3M of memory and > two RD54's. Worked fine. It's been a while since I did any Ultrix-11 > on real or simulated hardware. > > Have no idea how to get this tape to anyone. It's just shy of 4M. Not > sure if it could be emailed. The SIMH ini file is trivially simple but > I could provide that as well. > > I have nowhere I could put it up for download. I don't do things like > Google Drive. Maybe we need a GITHUB site or something for Ultrix stuff. > > bill >
Would presumably be a lot smaller gzip’d?
