Developer's Diary
Software development, with Terry Ebdon
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My break-point hack was not needed, and has been removed. A change to the script's statement ordering has fixed the problem. I've now reproduced the entire SYSGEN process from scratch to running $SYSBAT. As I knew that the steps I used manually don't work, due to the "corrupt" distribution kit, I tried a different route. I selected RSX as a default run-time system (RTS), which uses the pre-compiled system programs (CUSPs). This also failed, as the *.CSP files are not on the tape.
This isn't a complete failure though, as:
e.g. to re-run just the sysgen Q&A and build:
A tape directory listing shows that the *.CSP files really aren't on the single tape volume that I have. The annoying thing is that I had complete distribution kits, for RSTS/E and BASIC-PLUS-2. I threw them away, 20 years ago, when I relocated to Ireland. Moving my complete set of micro-PDP-11's and peripherals would have been an extra trip in the van, and a rebuild of my garden "workshop". I decided against it.
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