pdp-10/its

Incompatible Timesharing System

its's Issues

EMACS

I'd like to build EMACS from source code, but that seems to be too much effor for too little gain.

I'm going to try to find a small number of binary files which are sufficient to build a new EMACS.

RESOLV - DNS name resolver

@bictorv wrote:

I have some patches to DQDEV and RESOLV documented at the end of http://its.victor.se/wiki/dqdev (configuration, mainly).

DATE

No source code?

Build in macOS

At least make an attempt at building in Mac OS.

Dump a new ITS

The ITS monitor builds, but is not yet dumped and installed in .. We also have EDDT and NSALV, so everything is in place.

Question: Is it possible to use timesharing DDT to dump? Just $L and $$L the components, and then $Y.

XXFILE

XXFILE .insrts the file TAA; UUOS >, but there is no such file anywhere.

Disassembly reveals that TAA probably were at DM, so we're most likely out of luck.

Separate configurations for SIMH and KLH10

In the near future, it will be necessary to build different ITS configuations for SIMH and KLH10.

They support different sets of hardware peripheral devices.

SYSMSG - Print system messages

SYSEN1; SYSMSG 21
INFO; SYSMSG 4
.INFO.; SYSMSG INFO
.MAIL.; BBOARD INFO

TIMOON - Print time and date

SYSENG; TIMOON 25

JOBS - list users in grups of job type

SYSEN1; JOBS 87

Remove duplicate EMACS executable

The current build results in two TS EMACS links. One in SYS and the other in SYS3. In the PI distribution, the TS EMACS link is in SYS2. Shouldn't we put it there too?

Bring Zork back home

Rich Alderson says he has the Muddle interpreter/compiler? for TOPS-20. Binary only. It could be disassembled and ported back to ITS.

Photo credit: Tor Lillqvist (@tml1024), 1980.
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tml/370427667/

ARCSAL - archive salvager

SYSEN1; ARCSAL 11

RMTDEV - MLDEV for non-ITS hosts

Lives in GZ;

HSNAME - print user's HSNAME

SYSEN1; HSNAME 16

Add SEND/SENDER program

sys;ts send is a link to sysbin;sender bin. sysbin:sender bin, built from sysen1;sender 395, is a replacement for DDT's SEND command. It works with local and remote sites. If the user is logged in, then an interactive message is sent, otherwise mail is sent. It even works across machines that support the appropriate protocols. Links to sysbin;sender bin include sys;ts freply, sys;ts send, sys2;ts fr, sys2;ts reply, and sys3;ts fs. You enable this replacement to DDT's :SEND by setting the DDT variable ..SNDFLG to a non-zero value. See INFO;SENDER > for documentation.

I've tested it on DB and it seems to work fine.

METER - Display system statistics

SYSENG; METER 18
.INFO.; METER INFO

INIT

I'm not sure what INIT is, but it looks interesting. Is it built into DDT, or else where is the source code?

Info in INFO; INIT >.

COMSAT

Build COMSAT.

TTY spying, snooping, sharing

What are the names of the TTY spying, snooping, sharing etc programs?

Networking programs

Build FTP, TELNET, SUPDUP. More?

No .INFO. directory

The build should create the .INFO. directory and populate it with documentation as we're adding the corresponding commands and functionality to the system.

While there is a "doc" subdirectory of the source tree, and it is populated with various directories, including .INFO. and INFO, as well as other documentation directories, none of this content is making it into the build image.

INLINE - append to JCL from TTY input

SYSEN1; INLINE 51
.INFO.; INLINE INFO

INQUPD trashes the INQUIR database if updating last entry

INQUPD is the program run (by COMSAT) when someone updates his/her INQUIR entry (by running the INQUIR program) It has a bug where it trashes the DATA section of the INQUIR database when updating the last entry.

Merge updates from EMACS 170

Rich Alderson's TOPS-20 EMACS 170 may have some nice updates.

REATTA - Connect jobs to terminals

SYSEN2; REATTA 18
.INFO.; REATTA ORDER

Y2K problem

The year 2016 in file listings is printed as 116. This applies to both :LISTF and :FIND.

INQUIR

DIRED - directory editor

SYSEN2; DIRED 187
.INFO.; DIRED ORDER
.INFO.; DIRED INFO
.INFO.; DIRED RECENT

This is unrelated to DIRED in EMACS.

HSNDEV - HSNAME job device

SYSEN1; HSNDEV 28

Install as DEVICE; JOBDEV HSNAME

Induce CHAOS

@eswenson1 wrote:

What do you want to do about the Chaosnet support (KLH10 support Chaosnet over UDP)? This would allow multiple ITS systems to be connected using the Chaosnet.

I want it supported, of course!

I think we should add @bictorv's CHAOS patches to the KLH10 at http://github.com/PDP-10/klh10.

CC @Rhialto

BINPRT - Print assembly information

SYSEN1; BINPRT 117
INFO; BINPRT 5

List of all binaries

Making a list of all binaries, so we can check them off when they're done.

Figure out why COMSAT won't perform initialization on SIMH

Currently, COMSAT fails to perform first-time initialization on SIMH. The MFINIT entrypoint creates all the required files in the .MAIL. directory, but does a aborts on SIMH. This may be due to required network support, but COMSAT should work (for local mail delivery) without a network.

This ticket is to investigate the reason for failure on SIMH and find a better solution.

QMAIL - user interface to COMSAT

KSC; QMAIL 614
.INFO.; QMAIL INFO

Qmail sends messages to people over the network or locally; the "Q" is for "queue" as it always operates by queueing mail to a special independent program which does the actual sending.

SPELL - Spelling check and correction

SYSENG; SPELL 741
INFO; SPELL 1

Use xfiles to build

Currently, the build is scripted entirely from the host, using expect.

Change this to build as much as possible with xfiles. In some cases XXFILE may be necessary.

MTBOOT problem

I have not been able to create a bootable tape using MTBOOT. Running MTBOOT seems fine:

*:kshack;mtboot
KS10 ITS Bootload Generator.
Write a tape?  (Y or N) y
Rewind tape first?  (Y or N) y
Writing microcode from DSK: KSHACK; GOOD RAM
Include DDT?  (Y or N) y
Input file (just press Return if none)? .;dskdmp rp06
Writing 512 word bootstrap loader.
Writing DDT from DSK: KSHACK; DDT BIN
Writing SBLK program from DSK: .; DSKDMP RP06
:KILL 

The DDT used here is a link to .;@ DDT.
When I boot from the tape, I get a checksum error:

ITS MTBOOT.176
Checksum error

Apparently, the boot block runs ok, but bails at the checksum verification.

Need MacLISP

FIND

I'm working on adding FIND.

IDLE - List idle users

GREN; IDLE 2

Add support for TTLOC program and SYSBIN;TTLOC DATA

The TTLOC program allows a user to specify his/her physical location. This shows up in FINGER (NAME) lists. The TTLOC program creates the database SYSBIN; TTLOC DATA.

TIMOON - print time, date, phase of moon, and more

SYSENG; TIMOON 25

The PI binary version is TIMOON 24, but that source version seems to be lost.

DUMP fails to create directory when first file is a link

Test case: create a DUMP tape with a directory just containing a link. Then try to LOAD it with DUMP.

DSKDMP

Build DSKDMP. There are two binaries:

• The BT bootstrap.
• The full DSKDMP programs.

Select emulator

Make it possible to select between SIMH and KLH10.

Source code missing

This is a place where we can make notes of missing source code.

EMACS1 directory full

A fully populated EMACS1 directory with the latest files from both AI and MC has 172 files. Apparently, this is over the limit, because DUMP fails with ERROR: OPEN: DSK: EMACS1; _DUMP_ OUTPUT - DIRECTORY FULL

In the snapshots, AI: EMACS1; has 128 files, and MC: EMACS1; has 169 files.

PR - fancy file printer

SYSEN1; PR 87
INFO; PR 5

PANDA and PWORD