diff --git a/build/Notes.md b/build/Notes.md index a33fb9a..924b0e2 100644 --- a/build/Notes.md +++ b/build/Notes.md @@ -128,3 +128,18 @@ Essentially, it all works now except a few minor glitches. We now need to get as up and running fully, get ed rescanned and working. Eventually it would be good to have a working roff; but someone is going to have to write it from scratch. + +## wkt Thu Mar 24 17:53:55 AEST 2016 +The B compiler works and can compile itself, thanks to the hard work +done by Robert Swierczek, so it's now on the filesystem image; there's +an example B program in dmr's home directory. + +Phil has written a proper RIM bootstrap for the system with the kernel +loaded onto physical track 180 (logical 80). The mkfs7 tools has been +altered to place the kernel there, so now we can boot from a paper tape that +is only 237 bytes (23.7 inches) long instead of 14133 bytes (1413 inches) +long :-) That will help when we get to the LCM machine. + +We have a new scan from Norman Wilson, and some transcription errors in +ed have been fixed. ed now assembles and runs, but it isn't working +perfectly yet.