Fwd: OS/8 corrected files

CLASystems

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Jan 25, 2018, 12:06:25 AM1/25/18

to Dawson Rosell, Michael Thompson, PDP-12 Restoration Project

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From: Bill Cattey <bill....@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: OS/8 corrected files
To: CLASy...@gmail.com

Hi Charles,

I hadn't heard from you in a while. Glad to know you're still working stuff.

With regards to F4 patches: Here is an inventory of all known FIV patches under OS/8.
Nothing specifically mentioned 8K systems, however.

Sequence
DSN Issue
New vers #
Description
21.1.2 M
Dec1978
F4 V4B
PASS3 V4B
EQUIVALENCE statement does not always work correctly in OS/8 FORTRAN IV V3D.
51.3-1 M
Jun/Jul 78
F4 V4C
FORTRAN COMPILER FAILS TO RECOGNIZE " AS AN ERROR (SPR 8-2428 JB)
51.3.2 M
51.3.2 M
Didn't fix version #
F4 compiler does not recognize syntax error in type declaration statement.
51.3-3 0
Oct/Nov 78
FRTS Optional
The FORTRAN Run-Time System has worked wih the TD8E 2 page system handler. In order to work with other 2 page system handlers and, in particular the RL01, the following patch must be installed.

51.3-4 R
Aug/Sep 80
Restriction
Documentation: FIV FORTRAN IV will not allow subscripting to be used on both sides of an arithmetic expression.
51.3-4 R
Aug/Sep 80
FORLIB
No Version#
Source patch to DLOG.RA to handle numbers smaller than 1.E-018 correctly.

35.1.3 M
Apr/May-79
Unknown.
Not yet validated by wdc.
OS/8 Device Extensions Kit integration instructions for FPAT.BN were wrong and broke FRTS. Go back to the OS/8 V3D FRTS.SV and follow these instructions instead AFTER applying a required ABSLDR patch specific to the OS/8 Device Extensions Kit.

CLASystems wrote:

Is there anything that should be done for Any component of F4; getting reports of people having problems using it specifically on the PDP-12 with 8K. [It could be merely some old bugs never fixed, but let's start with eliminating unknowns, etc.

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Dawson Rosell

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Jan 26, 2018, 1:25:51 PM1/26/18

to clasystems, Michael Thompson, PDP-12 Restoration Project

Thanks! I'll check the version number tonight.

CLASystems

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Jan 26, 2018, 6:09:32 PM1/26/18

to Dawson Rosell, Michael Thompson, PDP-12 Restoration Project

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:24 PM, Dawson Rosell <rose...@d.umn.edu> wrote:

Thanks! I'll check the version number tonight.

That's several component versions, all separate!

cjl

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Sequence	DSN Issue	New vers #	Description
21.1.2 M	Dec1978	F4 V4B PASS3 V4B	EQUIVALENCE statement does not always work correctly in OS/8 FORTRAN IV V3D.
51.3-1 M	Jun/Jul 78	F4 V4C	FORTRAN COMPILER FAILS TO RECOGNIZE " AS AN ERROR (SPR 8-2428 JB)
51.3.2 M	51.3.2 M	Didn't fix version #	F4 compiler does not recognize syntax error in type declaration statement.
51.3-3 0	Oct/Nov 78	FRTS Optional	The FORTRAN Run-Time System has worked wih the TD8E 2 page system handler. In order to work with other 2 page system handlers and, in particular the RL01, the following patch must be installed.
51.3-4 R	Aug/Sep 80	Restriction	Documentation: FIV FORTRAN IV will not allow subscripting to be used on both sides of an arithmetic expression.
51.3-4 R	Aug/Sep 80	FORLIB No Version#	Source patch to DLOG.RA to handle numbers smaller than 1.E-018 correctly.
35.1.3 M	Apr/May-79	Unknown. Not yet validated by wdc.	OS/8 Device Extensions Kit integration instructions for FPAT.BN were wrong and broke FRTS. Go back to the OS/8 V3D FRTS.SV and follow these instructions instead AFTER applying a required ABSLDR patch specific to the OS/8 Device Extensions Kit.