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   Message 962 of 1,530   
   Jeff Thiele to Stan Hosdar   
   Re: what's classic now?   
   01 Jul 21 08:37:38   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:387/26 10ad67fd   
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   TZUTC: -0500   
   On 30 Jun 2021, Stan Hosdar said the following...   
    SH> JT> need an OS, such as RSX-11   
    SH> what OS did a pdp-11 run? in particular what OS did cpm (and dos, etc)   
    SH> emulate with it's .com, .exe and other similar command lines?   
      
   I don't know that the extensions are going to match up quite the same   
   (especially since the difference between a .COM and a .EXE has to do with the   
   8086's segmented memory architecture, which the PDP-11 did not have).   
      
   However, there were may OSs available for the PDP-11. RSX-11 is CP/M-like,   
   the most notable shared command being PIP.   
      
   The PiDP-11 comes with a bunch of operating systems already set up (see   
   https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11-building-instructions   
   in the "Prepare your Pi" section). It has disk images and configuration for   
   several OSs. I think after you unzip the archive, the are in the systems/   
   folder.   
      
   The PiDP-11 allows selection of an OS at boot-time via particular combinations   
   of panel switches, and uses a customized version of SIMH to interact with the   
   front panel. However, it all works without the front panel, too.   
      
   Jeff.   
      
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