Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!n3dmc!johnl
From: johnl@n3dmc.UU.NET (John Limpert)
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: C compiler for little PDP-11s
Message-ID: <448@n3dmc.UU.NET>
Date: 28 Nov 88 22:18:48 GMT
References: <1535@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Reply-To: johnl@n3dmc.UUCP (John Limpert)
Organization: N3DMC, Silver Spring, Maryland
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In article <1535@nmtsun.nmt.edu> dieter@jupiter.nmt.edu (The Demented Teddy Bear) writes:
>I've been led to believe that a C compiler for small PDP-11s exists.
>One rumour is that it is available via DECUS.  Has anybody seen this
>beasty?  Would I be better off writing my own?  If it does exist, etc,
>how small an -11 can I run it on?

DECUS has a very nice (and large) C compiler package for the PDP-11.
I ordered it several years ago and installed it on a PDP-11/24 under
RSX-11M and on a LSI-11 under RT-11.  It would run just fine on the
LSI-11 with 28KW and an RX01 floppy disk subsystem.  The only problems
you might have are getting the sources off the tape and building the
compiler.  The tape is in DOS-11 format and you may need to get some
of the DECUS file transfer utilities if you are working with RT-11.
While the compiler can be manually built on a floppy only system, it is
much easier to build on a system with RL02's or some other type of
hard disk.  A recent DECUS catalog should have most of the info that
you need.

-- 
John A. Limpert
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