26 Jul
2020
26 Jul
'20
12:16 a.m.
From: Dave Horsfall
Weren't V5/6/7/etc distributed as bootable tapes?
Set the switch register
to point to the tape instead of the disk...
Yes. See here:
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_UNIX_Sixth_Edition
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_Unix_Seventh_Edition
for the details of how it works.
Noel
26 Jul
26 Jul
12:39 a.m.
New subject: vi in v7
I wasn't able to build vi for the v7 image easily available for simh, but
Webb Miller's 's' editor wasn't too tough (it has similar
keybindings), and
the version with the minor tweaks needed for it is up at:
https://github.com/athornton/s
On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 5:18 PM Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: Dave
Horsfall
Weren't V5/6/7/etc distributed as bootable
tapes? Set the switch
register
to point to the tape instead of the disk...
Yes. See here:
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_UNIX_Sixth_Edition
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_Unix_Seventh_Edition
for the details of how it works.
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