BitWiz
Experienced Member
OS/8 can only handle 178 (15) devices in it's device slot table.
I haven't looked at the source code yet but I was wondering if it would be possible to expand that to 378 (31) device slots. Or is there a better OS for me to be using on the my 8/E?
This would also include increasing the number of block slots as well.
That way, once I have everything working, I can have the following devices all at once:
01 SYS RKA0
02 DSK RKB0
03 DTA0 TD8E
04 DTB0 TD8E
05 RXA0 RX8E (RX02)
06 RXB0 RX8E (RX02)
07 RKA0 RK8E
10 RKB0 RK8E
11 RKA1 RK8E
12 RKB1 RK8E
13 SDA0 SerialDisk
14 SDA1 Serial Disk
15 SDB0 SerialDisk
16 SDB1 Serial Disk
17 SDC0 SerialDisk
20 SDC1 Serial Disk
21 SDD0 SerialDisk
22 SDD1 Serial Disk
23 BAT BAT
24 PTP PC8E
25 PTR PC8E
26 TTY TTY
I haven't looked at the source code yet but I was wondering if it would be possible to expand that to 378 (31) device slots. Or is there a better OS for me to be using on the my 8/E?
This would also include increasing the number of block slots as well.
That way, once I have everything working, I can have the following devices all at once:
01 SYS RKA0
02 DSK RKB0
03 DTA0 TD8E
04 DTB0 TD8E
05 RXA0 RX8E (RX02)
06 RXB0 RX8E (RX02)
07 RKA0 RK8E
10 RKB0 RK8E
11 RKA1 RK8E
12 RKB1 RK8E
13 SDA0 SerialDisk
14 SDA1 Serial Disk
15 SDB0 SerialDisk
16 SDB1 Serial Disk
17 SDC0 SerialDisk
20 SDC1 Serial Disk
21 SDD0 SerialDisk
22 SDD1 Serial Disk
23 BAT BAT
24 PTP PC8E
25 PTR PC8E
26 TTY TTY