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Building an RT-11 tape for a TU58 emulator

Having successfully compiled up the TU58 emulator (see my earlier post) and booted it into XXDP on my PDP11/23+, the next step is to build up a RT11 tape.
After a read through of Will Kranz’s article I decided to opt for an oversized tape image (10MB) using Will’s modified TU58 (dd.sys) driver. The standard TU58… »

Compiling up a TU58 emulator under Linux

As part of my mission to build a general purpose storage server to allow diskless PDP’s to once again run real software, I have initially been concentrating on compiling up a TU58 emulator.
The TU58 is an ideal first device to emulate as its only requirement of the PDP-11 is a spare serial port which the… »

Building reliable modern storage

For many years I’ve been pondering the problem of how to provide a reliable long term storage solution for my PDP-11 and PDP-8 machines. Whilst I have plenty of period drives which are still operational it is apparent that in the long term it is unlikely to be possible to keep them all running.

It… »