Starting RT-11 in SIMH for the first time

by david 13. April 2011 08:30

This post continues my SIMH RT-11 tutorial... When you start RT-11 from the install disk the first time, you'll see some text like this:

Welcome to RT-11 V5.3

You have bootstrapped the RT-11 Distribution Disk.  Use this disk to
install your RT-11 system, then store it in a safe place.

RT-11  V5.3  provides an automatic installation procedure which will
back up your distribution disk and build a working system disk which
should  be  used for your work with RT-11.
This  working  system disk will only  contain  the  RT-11  operating
system.  After  the  RT-11  installation  is  complete,  follow  the
installation instructions  packaged  with  any optional languages or
utility software which you will be using.

Press the "RETURN" key when ready to continue.


I usually try to skip the automatic install procedure, since I'm more likely to learn stuff if I do all the setting up by hand.  So after pressing RETURN, and getting asked "Do you want to use the automatic installation procedure?" I type "NO".  After pressing RETURN a couple of times, we should be booted into RT-11.

Remember, if you ever mess up your boot disk and things go wrong, you can just re-copy a fresh version of rtv53_rl.dsk and we will get back to the start point above.

About the author

David

I'm a C# developer having worked with .Net since it was in beta.  Before that I mainly worked in C and C++.  I have been developing commercial software for more than 20 years.  I also mess around with microprocesors, but that's just for fun.  I live near Cambridge, England and at the moment I'm contracted to one of the departments at Cambridge University.

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