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keywords: ["ADSS-15", "PDP-15", 1970s, 1970]
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image: ./adss-15.webp
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description: "! ADSS-15 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-15 computer. We can run it in the SIMH PDP-15 emulator."
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sidebar_position: 3
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---
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import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
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# ! ADSS-15
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! ADSS-15 (PDP-**15** **Ad**vanced **S**oftware **S**ystem) was an operating system for the DEC PDP-15 computer. We can run it in the SIMH PDP-15 emulator.
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<DocCardList />
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## Manuals
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You can download the ! ADSS-15 manual from here:
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- [! ADSS-15 Programmer's Reference Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/DEC-15-MR2B-D_AdvMonPgmRef.pdf)
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You may also be interested in the PDP-15 manuals. It was the computer on which ! ADSS-15 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:
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- [PDP-15 Manuals](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/)
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## Related Pages
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- [VirtualHub Screenshots](https://screenshots.virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/adss-15/)
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- [Wikipedia PDP-15 page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-15)
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- [Computer History Wiki PDP-15 page](http://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-15)
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## Credits
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- The manuals were taken from [Bitsavers](http://bitsavers.org).
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keywords: ["ADSS-15", "PDP-15", SIMH, 1970s, 1970]
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image: ./adss-15-SIMH-3.webp
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description: 'We can run ! ADSS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator. First, we need to download the ! ADSS-15 kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! ADSS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website.'
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sidebar_position: 1
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sidebar_label: "! ADSS-15 on SIMH"
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---
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# How to install ! ADSS-15 on SIMH?
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We can run [! ADSS-15](/1970s/1970/adss-15) on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator. First, we need to download the ! ADSS-15 kit.
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## Downloads
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You can download the kit needed to run ! ADSS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator from the ["SIMH Legacy"](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/) website:
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- [! ADSS-15 kit](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/adss15.zip)
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## Using ! ADSS-15
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:::tip
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If you have not already installed SIMH PDP-15 emulator, see [the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp15/) on Linux and Windows.
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:::
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Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find several files. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM and move those two files named `adss15_32k.dtp` and `dec-15u.rim` into it.
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Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called `pdp15.ini` with the following content in the VM folder:
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```ini
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load dec-15u.rim 77637
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ex pc
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attach dt adss15_32k.dtp
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set lpt disa
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set lp9 ena
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run
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```
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Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:
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```bash
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pdp15
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```
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After the emulator starts, you can enter `D` to see the list of files:
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That's it! We used ! ADSS-15. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. Create a file called `adss-15.sh` with the following content:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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pdp15
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```
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Now make the file executable:
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```bash
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chmod +x adss-15.sh
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```
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Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can right-click the file and choose `Run in Konsole` or on GNOME, where you can right-click the file and choose `Run as executable`. The VM will start.
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See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/adss-15/#manuals) on the [main ! ADSS-15 page](/1970s/1970/adss-15) to learn how to use it.
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### Windows
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:::tip
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You should use Linux. If you don’t know how to install a Linux distro, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/), a beginner-friendly distro.
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:::
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On Windows, you need to place the `PDP15.exe` file you downloaded in [this tutorial](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp15#windows) in the VM folder. Then you can follow the above tutorial as usual. The shell script will not work on Windows. You need to rename it to `adss-15.bat`. Then you can double-click the file to launch the VM, no need to make it executable.
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## Credits
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- The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on [SimH “Classic” website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/).
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## Video tutorial
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Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@virtua1hub) soon.
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Archives of this tutorial are available on [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/adss-15/simh/).
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---
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keywords: ["CAPS-11", "PDP-11", 1970s, 1970]
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image: ./caps-11.webp
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description: "! CAPS-11 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-11 computer. It is one of the earliest available operating system to be run on a PDP-11."
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sidebar_position: 2
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||||
---
|
||||
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import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
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||||
# ! CAPS-11
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! CAPS-11 (**Ca**ssette **P**rogramming **S**ystem) was an operating system for the DEC PDP-11 computer. It is one of the earliest available operating system to be run on a PDP-11.
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<DocCardList />
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## Manuals
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||||
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||||
You can download the ! CAPS-11 manual from here:
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- [! CAPS-11 User Guide](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/caps-11/DEC-11-OTUGA-A-D_CAPS-11_Users_Guide_Oct73.pdf)
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||||
You may also be interested in the PDP-11 manuals. It was the computer on which ! CAPS-11 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:
|
||||
|
||||
- [PDP-11 Manuals](http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/)
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||||
|
||||
## Related Pages
|
||||
|
||||
- [VirtualHub Screenshots](https://screenshots.virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/caps-11/)
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||||
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11#Operating_systems)
|
||||
- [A third-party PDP-11 + CAPS-11 restoration bog post (with a YouTube video)](http://www.datormuseum.se/computers/digital-equipment-corporation/pdp-11-04.html)
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||||
|
||||
## Credits
|
||||
|
||||
- The manuals were taken from [Bitsavers](http://bitsavers.org).
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---
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keywords: ["CAPS-11", "PDP-11", SIMH, 1970s, 1970]
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image: ./caps-11-SIMH-3.webp
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description: 'We can run ! CAPS-11 on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator. First, we need to download the ! CAPS-11 kit. You can download the kit needed to run it on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website.'
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sidebar_position: 1
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sidebar_label: "! CAPS-11 on SIMH"
|
||||
---
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||||
|
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# How to install CAPS-11 on SIMH?
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||||
|
||||

|
||||
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We can run [! CAPS-11](/1970s/1970/caps-11) on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator. First, we need to download the ! CAPS-11 kit.
|
||||
|
||||
## Downloads
|
||||
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||||
You can download the kit needed to run ! CAPS-11 on the SIMH PDP-11 emulator from the [“SIMH Legacy” website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/):
|
||||
|
||||
- [! CAPS-11 kit](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/caps11_system.zip)
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||||
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||||
## Using ! CAPS-11
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||||
|
||||
:::tip
|
||||
|
||||
If you have not already installed SIMH PDP-11 emulator, see [the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp11/) on Linux and Windows.
|
||||
|
||||
:::
|
||||
|
||||
Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find two files. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM, and move the file named `caps11.t60` into it.
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||||
|
||||
Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called `pdp11.ini` with the following content in the VM folder:
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||||
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```ini
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set cpu 11/05
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set throttle 5%
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set cpu 32k
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set ptr disabled
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set ptp disabled
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set lpt disabled
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||||
set dz disabled
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set rk disabled
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set rl disabled
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set hk disabled
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set rx disabled
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set rp disabled
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set rq disabled
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set tm disabled
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set tq disabled
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set ta enabled
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att ta0 caps11.t60
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d 1000 012700
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d 1002 177500
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d 1004 005010
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d 1006 010701
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d 1010 062701
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d 1012 000052
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d 1014 012702
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d 1016 000375
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d 1020 112103
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d 1022 112110
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d 1024 100413
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d 1026 130310
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d 1030 001776
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d 1032 105202
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d 1034 100772
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d 1036 116012
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d 1040 000002
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d 1042 120337
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d 1044 000000
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d 1046 001767
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d 1050 000000
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d 1052 000755
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d 1054 005710
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d 1056 100774
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d 1060 005007
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d 1062 017640
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d 1064 002415
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d 1066 112024
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d sr 0
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run 1000
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```
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
pdp11
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
After the emulator starts, you can type `dir` followed by enter. It will list all the files available on the disk.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
That's it! We used ! CAPS-11. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. Create a file called `caps-11.sh` with the following content:
|
||||
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||||
```bash
|
||||
#!/bin/bash
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||||
pdp11
|
||||
```
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||||
|
||||
Now make the file executable:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
chmod +x caps-11.sh
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can right-click the file and choose `Run in Konsole` or on GNOME, where you can right-click the file and choose `Run as executable`. The VM will start.
|
||||
|
||||
See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/caps-11/#manuals) on the [main ! CAPS-11 page](/1970s/1970/caps-11) to learn how to use it.
|
||||
|
||||
### Windows
|
||||
|
||||
:::tip
|
||||
|
||||
You should use Linux. If you don’t know how to install a Linux distro, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/), a beginner-friendly distro.
|
||||
|
||||
:::
|
||||
|
||||
On Windows, you need to place the `PDP11.exe` file you downloaded in [this tutorial](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp11#windows) in the VM folder. Then you can follow the above tutorial as usual. The shell script will not work on Windows. You need to rename it to `caps-11.bat`. Then you can double-click the file to launch the VM, no need to make it executable.
|
||||
|
||||
## Credits
|
||||
|
||||
- The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on [SimH “Classic” website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/).
|
||||
|
||||
## Video tutorial
|
||||
|
||||
Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@virtua1hub) soon.
|
||||
|
||||
Archives of this tutorial are available on [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/caps-11/simh/).
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---
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||||
keywords: ["DOS-15", "PDP-15", 1970s, 1970]
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||||
image: ./dos-15.webp
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||||
description: "! DOS-15 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-15 computer. We can run it in the SIMH PDP-15 emulator."
|
||||
sidebar_position: 4
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||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
|
||||
|
||||
# ! DOS-15
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||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
! DOS-15 (not to be confused with MS-DOS or IBM PC-DOS) was an operating system for the DEC PDP-15 computer. We can run it in the SIMH PDP-15 emulator.
|
||||
|
||||
<DocCardList />
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||||
|
||||
## Manuals
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||||
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||||
You can download the ! DOS-15 manuals from here:
|
||||
|
||||
- [! DOS-15 Users Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/DEC-15-ODUMA-B-D_DOS-15_USERS_MANUAL.pdf)
|
||||
- [! DOS-15 System Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/DEC-15-ODFFA-B-D_DOS-15_SYSTEM_MANUAL.pdf)
|
||||
- [! PIP DOS Monitor Utility Program Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/DEC-15-UPIPA-A-D_PIP_DOS_MONITOR_UTILITY_PROGRAM.pdf)
|
||||
- [! SGEN DOS Utility Program Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/DEC-15-USGNA-A-D_SGEN_DOS_Utility_Program.pdf)
|
||||
|
||||
You may also be interested in the PDP-15 manuals. It was the computer on which ! DOS-15 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:
|
||||
|
||||
- [PDP-15 Manuals](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp15/)
|
||||
|
||||
## Related Pages
|
||||
|
||||
- [VirtualHub Screenshots](https://screenshots.virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/dos-15/)
|
||||
- [Wikipedia PDP-15 page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-15)
|
||||
- [Computer History Wiki PDP-15 page](http://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-15)
|
||||
|
||||
## Credits
|
||||
|
||||
- The manuals were taken from [Bitsavers](http://bitsavers.org).
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||||
---
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||||
keywords: ["DOS-15", "PDP-15", SIMH, 1970s, 1970]
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||||
image: ./dos-15-SIMH-5.webp
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||||
description: 'We can run ! DOS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator. First, we need to download the ! DOS-15 kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! DOS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website.'
|
||||
sidebar_position: 1
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||||
sidebar_label: "! DOS-15 on SIMH"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# How to install ! DOS-15 on SIMH?
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
We can run [! DOS-15](/1970s/1970/dos-15) on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator. First, we need to download the ! DOS-15 kit.
|
||||
|
||||
## Downloads
|
||||
|
||||
You can download the kit needed to run ! DOS-15 on the SIMH PDP-15 emulator from the ["SIMH Legacy"](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/) website:
|
||||
|
||||
- [! DOS-15 kit](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/dos15.zip)
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||||
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||||
## Using ! DOS-15
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||||
|
||||
:::tip
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||||
|
||||
If you have not already installed SIMH PDP-15 emulator, see [the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp15/) on Linux and Windows.
|
||||
|
||||
:::
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||||
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||||
Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find several files. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM and move those two files named `dosv2a_4p.rf` and `rfsboot.rim` into it.
|
||||
|
||||
Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called `pdp15.ini` with the following content in the VM folder:
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||||
|
||||
```ini
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||||
at -e rf dosv2a_4p.rf
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||||
load rfsboot.rim 77637
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||||
run
|
||||
```
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||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
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pdp15
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
When asked for a date, enter it in `MM/DD/YY` format. You _cannot_ use backspace to erase characters, even if it looks like you can. Try entering a date before the year 2000, to avoid problems related to [Y2K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem).
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Now that DOS-15 is ready, let's run some commands on it. Type `D` and press enter to see the system's date:
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
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You can run `I` to see a list of commands you can run:
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That's it! We used ! DOS-15. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. Create a file called `dos-15.sh` with the following content:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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pdp15
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```
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Now make the file executable:
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```bash
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chmod +x dos-15.sh
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```
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Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can right-click the file and choose `Run in Konsole` or on GNOME, where you can right-click the file and choose `Run as executable`. The VM will start.
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See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/dos-15/#manuals) on the [main ! DOS-15 page](/1970s/1970/dos-15) to learn how to use it.
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### Windows
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:::tip
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You should use Linux. If you don’t know how to install a Linux distro, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/), a beginner-friendly distro.
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:::
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On Windows, you need to place the `PDP15.exe` file you downloaded in [this tutorial](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp15#windows) in the VM folder. Then you can follow the above tutorial as usual. The shell script will not work on Windows. You need to rename it to `dos-15.bat`. Then you can double-click the file to launch the VM, no need to make it executable.
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## Credits
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- The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on [SimH “Classic” website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/).
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## Video tutorial
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Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@virtua1hub) soon.
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|
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Archives of this tutorial are available on [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/dos-15/simh/).
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---
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keywords: [1970s, 1970]
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image: ./1970.webp
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description: "There were four operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1970. They were:"
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sidebar_position: 2
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---
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import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
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# 1970
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There were four operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1970. They were:
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<DocCardList />
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---
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keywords: ["PDP7", "PDP-7", "Unix", 1970s, 1970]
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image: ./pdp7unix.webp
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description: "! PDP7 Unix was an operating system for the DEC PDP-7 computer. It is the earliest available Unix version to be able to run in an emulator."
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sidebar_position: 1
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---
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import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList';
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# ! PDP7 Unix
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|
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! PDP7 Unix was an operating system for the DEC PDP-7 computer. It is the earliest available Unix version to be able to run in an emulator. We can run it on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator.
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|
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<DocCardList />
|
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|
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## Manuals
|
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|
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You can download the ! PDP7 Unix manual from here:
|
||||
|
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- [! Unix Edition Zero Manual](https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/McIlroy_v0/UnixEditionZero-Threshold_OCR.pdf)
|
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|
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You may also be interested in the PDP-7 manuals. It was the computer on which ! PDP7 Unix was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers:
|
||||
|
||||
- [PDP-7 Manuals](http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp7/)
|
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|
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## Related Pages
|
||||
|
||||
- [VirtualHub Screenshots](https://screenshots.virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/)
|
||||
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX)
|
||||
- [Computer History Wiki ! PDP7 Unix page](https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-7_UNIX)
|
||||
- [Computer History Wiki PDP-7 page](https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-7)
|
||||
- [The project to resurrect Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix)
|
||||
|
||||
## Credits
|
||||
|
||||
- The manuals were taken from [The Unix Heritage Society (TUHS)](https://www.tuhs.org) and [Bitsavers](http://bitsavers.org).
|
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---
|
||||
keywords: ["PDP7", "Unix", "PDP-7", SIMH, 1970s, 1970]
|
||||
image: ./pdp7unix-SIMH-4.webp
|
||||
description: "We can run ! PDP7 Unix on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator. First, we need to download the ! PDP7 Unix kit. You can download the kit needed to run it on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator from our GitHub repo."
|
||||
sidebar_position: 1
|
||||
sidebar_label: "! PDP7 Unix on SIMH"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# How to install ! PDP7 Unix on SIMH?
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
We can run [! PDP7 Unix](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix) on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator. First, we need to download the ! PDP7 Unix kit.
|
||||
|
||||
## Downloads
|
||||
|
||||
You can download the kit needed to run ! PDP7 Unix on the SIMH PDP-7 emulator from [our GitHub repo fork](https://github.com/InstallerLegacy/pdp7-unix) of the original [project to resurrect Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix):
|
||||
|
||||
- [! PDP7 Unix kit](https://github.com/InstallerLegacy/pdp7-unix/releases/latest/download/pdp7.zip)
|
||||
|
||||
If you want to build the kit yourself, refer to [our guide on how to do so](/blog/building-pdp7-unix-images-yourself/).
|
||||
|
||||
## Using ! PDP7 Unix
|
||||
|
||||
:::tip
|
||||
|
||||
If you have not already installed SIMH PDP-7 emulator, see [the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp7/) on Linux and Windows.
|
||||
|
||||
:::
|
||||
|
||||
Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find two files. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM and move those two files named `boot.rim` and `image.fs` into it.
|
||||
|
||||
Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called `pdp7.ini` with the following content in the VM folder:
|
||||
|
||||
```ini
|
||||
set cpu 8k
|
||||
set cpu eae
|
||||
set cpu history=100
|
||||
show cpu
|
||||
set tti unix
|
||||
set rb ena
|
||||
att rb image.fs
|
||||
set g2in ena
|
||||
att -U g2in 12345
|
||||
set lpt disa
|
||||
set drm disa
|
||||
set dt disa
|
||||
show dev
|
||||
load boot.rim 010000
|
||||
go
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
pdp7
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
After the emulator starts, login using the ID `ken` and password `ken`. You will see the following screen:
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
:::tip
|
||||
|
||||
There are other user accounts on the image like `dmr` (password: `dmr`). Do you know who `dmr` and `ken` were? Check the first comment to find out, or search it on the web!
|
||||
|
||||
:::
|
||||
|
||||
Type `ls` followed by enter. It will list all the files available on the disk.
|
||||
|
||||

|
||||
|
||||
That's it! We used ! PDP7 Unix. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. Create a file called `pdp7unix.sh` with the following content:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
#!/bin/bash
|
||||
pdp7
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Now make the file executable:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
chmod +x pdp7unix.sh
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can right-click the file and choose `Run in Konsole` or on GNOME, where you can right-click the file and choose `Run as executable`. The VM will start.
|
||||
|
||||
See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/#manuals) on the [main ! PDP7 Unix page](/1970s/1970/pdp7unix) to learn how to use it.
|
||||
|
||||
### Windows
|
||||
|
||||
:::tip
|
||||
|
||||
You should use Linux. If you don’t know how to install a Linux distro, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/), a beginner-friendly distro.
|
||||
|
||||
:::
|
||||
|
||||
On Windows, you need to place the `PDP7.exe` file you downloaded in [this tutorial](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp7#windows) in the VM folder. Then you can follow the above tutorial as usual. The shell script will not work on Windows. You need to rename it to `pdp7unix.bat`. Then you can double-click the file to launch the VM, no need to make it executable.
|
||||
|
||||
## Credits
|
||||
|
||||
- The disk image and other files used above are from a kit built from the [project to resurrect Unix on the PDP-7 from a scan of the original assembly code](https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix).
|
||||
|
||||
## Video tutorial
|
||||
|
||||
Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@virtua1hub) soon.
|
||||
|
||||
Archives of this tutorial are available on [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1970/pdp7unix/simh/).
|
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