Very nice to know! I am repairing my tu58 bit by bit and will try it out on my
11/150. Good to know about the serial limit, I'll jumper for 2400 baud to test.
Question. The only tape I have for testing is an xxdp. Are they in rt11 format
that I can test with a simple directory command?
Chris
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Lessee...I know more about life on Mars than I do RT11, but I know
from trying it myself, while building some XXDP volumes, that a simple
DIR command can't read an XXDP volume. Maybe there's an equivalent of
FLX (RSX) or Exchange (VMS) on RT11? Either way, you can test your
ability to read a
XXDP is based on DOS-11 file structures.
Some documentary sources FoMT.
TU58 examples of XXDP binaries, and much more, can be found at
https://www.ak6dn.com/PDP-11/TU58/ the .txt files contain file structure and
directory listings.
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/dectape/tu58/EK-0TU
> On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
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> Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the
> administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that?
It depends on the OS installed. For Unix-style OS you need to figure out the
single user boot mo
clues if your Alpha uses VMS
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=610
Clues if DEC UNIX
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=679
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On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 1:45 PM Craig Ruff via cctech
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> > On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:45 AM Craig Ruff via cctech
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> > On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
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> > Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the
> > administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that?
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> For VMS, if I recall cor
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> I should have specifically said it’s Windows Nt. Issue is that it’s an
> Alpha so can’t use the usual software to change or remove the password
> unless there’s an Alpha version. Best suggestion so far is to use a version
> of Un
I have the nt install cd for alpha someplace I am sure it's available as an
iso online too. You can set.the pw when you build, of that's the route
you're taking.
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