OS/8 - Revision history

Bqt at 23:29, 27 October 2022

2022-10-27T23:29:10Z

2022-09-09T13:11:10Z

Avoid dab

2021-03-02T14:39:54Z

corral external links

2020-06-24T10:20:14Z

‎Interesting notes: Expanded by links to disk, and a game

2020-06-24T10:10:54Z

‎Some commands: Alphabetised commands. added ODT

2020-06-22T22:19:13Z

add a brief description

2019-11-22T22:28:50Z

fix another one

2019-11-22T21:17:50Z

fix link

2018-10-20T02:17:58Z

Proper cat

2018-04-05T19:10:50Z

add some links, +cat

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 All [[peripheral]] operations are handled without using [[interrupt]]s. The [[file system]] uses contiguous [[file]]s. [[Batch processing]] operation was supported by an extension.
-It is different from modern OS's as you don't change paths/drives you assign the DSK: volume to whatever disk it is you want to work from.  Also running exe's have to be on the SYS: volume.
+It is different from modern OS's as you don't change paths/drives you assign the DSK: volume to whatever disk it is you want to work from (basically, defining the default disk).
 == Example of usage ==
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 == Interesting notes ==
-OS/8 could run under another OS, [[RTS/8]], as a [[virtual machine|virtualized]] guest, allowing each user to have their own virtual PDP-8.
+OS/8 could run under another OS, [[RTS/8]], as a [[virtual machine|virtualized]] guest. This made OS/8 be a background task in the RTS/8 context, but for the user, it appeared as a normal OS/8 system.
 == External links ==

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 OS/8 was the primary [[operating system]] for the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]]. OS/8 is a [[single-user]] OS, used for support of [[application]] [[software]].
-All [[peripheral]] operations are handled without using [[interrupt]]s. The [[file system]] uses contiguous [[file]]s. [[Batch]] operation was supported by an extension.
+All [[peripheral]] operations are handled without using [[interrupt]]s. The [[file system]] uses contiguous [[file]]s. [[Batch processing]] operation was supported by an extension.
 It is different from modern OS's as you don't change paths/drives you assign the DSK: volume to whatever disk it is you want to work from.  Also running exe's have to be on the SYS: volume.

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 Squish is like defrag, in that it'll actually delete files, and move stuff around so you can get the maximum free space..
-[OS/8 handbook https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_decpdp8os8_39414792/page/n149/mode/2up ]
+== Interesting notes ==
-== Interesting notes ==
+OS/8 could run under another OS, [[RTS/8]], as a [[virtual machine|virtualized]] guest, allowing each user to have their own virtual PDP-8.
-OS/8 could run under another OS [[RTS/8]] as a virtualized guest, allowing each user to have their own virtual PDP-8.
+* [https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_decpdp8os8_39414792/page/n149/mode/2up OS/8 handbook]
-== Running OS/8 ==
+=== Running OS/8 ===
-[http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html OS/8 Software Kit om DSK format]
+* [http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html OS/8 Software Kit on DSK format]
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	OS/8 could run under another OS [[RTS/8]] as a virtualized guest, allowing each user to have their own virtual PDP-8.		OS/8 could run under another OS [[RTS/8]] as a virtualized guest, allowing each user to have their own virtual PDP-8.
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		+	== Running OS/8 ==
		+	[https://raymii.org/s/articles/Running_ADVENT-on-the-PDP-8-with-SIMH.html Adventure running on OS/8]
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		+	[http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html OS/8 Software Kit om DSK format]

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 == Some commands ==
 === BASIC ===
-=== DELETE ===
 === COPY ===
 copy copys a file, but the syntax is different from most OS's...
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 <pre>copy rxa0:<rxa1:*.sv</pre>
 copys all the .sv files from rxa1 to rxa0
 === RUN ===
 == Interesting notes ==

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 | creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]
 | year introduced = 1970?
-| architecture = [[PDP-8]]
+| architecture = [[PDP-8 architecture|PDP-8]]
 | type = [[Time-sharing]]
 | multitasking = limited with multiuser

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-OS/8 was the primary [[operating system]] for the [[PDP-8]].  OS/8 is different from modern OS's as you don't change paths/drives you assign the DSK: volume to whatever disk it is you want to work from.  Also running exe's have to be on the SYS: volume.
+OS/8 was the primary [[operating system]] for the [[PDP-8 family|PDP-8]].  OS/8 is different from modern OS's as you don't change paths/drives you assign the DSK: volume to whatever disk it is you want to work from.  Also running exe's have to be on the SYS: volume.
 == Example of usage ==
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-[[Category:PDP-8 Operating Systems]]
+[[Category: PDP-8 Operating Systems]]
-[[Category:DEC Operating Systems]]
+[[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]