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## Using the PDP-10 to solve the Sudoku ## Using the PDP-10 to solve the Sudoku
The PDP-10 should be able to solve the sudoku using backtracking. The above In order to run this program, you need a working PDP-10 simulator (or, if you
algorithm will be implemented directly in PDP-10 assembly, using the MIDAS are a very lucky person,the real thing). You can either use the
assembler, of the ITS operating system. [PiDP-10 kit](https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp10), or a
Raspberry Pi 5 to run it on. The PiDP-10 can be run on any Raspberry 5 computer,
even without the front panel, but having the front panel is fancier. You can
also run [simh](https://opensimh.org/) on a PC, but that would only be half the
fun.
The PiDP-10 shold be booted into ITS, as this is the OS, this project is running
against. Now the only thing you need to do, is copy the source code files into
the file system of your PiDP-10. You can do this by using the `mlftp` tool,
installed on the machine your simulator runs on. You clone the repository and
run the following commands from the command line:
```bash
/opt/pidp10/bin/mlftp -w ITS "SUDOKU 1 JALI;" ./src/sudoku.s
/opt/pidp10/bin/mlftp -w ITS "PUZZL1 SUDOKU JALI;" ./src/puzzle_1.sudoku
```
This will copy the source code file, and the example puzzle file onto the
PiDP-10. Remmber to change the directory name in the ITS path form `JALI` to the
directory you want to copy to.
You can now edit both files in EMACS on the PiDP-10. However, if you prefer to
edit your code in a somewhat more modern environment (your favourite IDE, for
example), consider installing the
[git-monitor](https://gitea.orca-central.de/jali/PiDP10Services) on your
PiDP-10's host system. The monitor is a service written in
[bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/), that will clone your project
repositories and then monitor a given branch for new commits. On new commits it
pulls them, and runs the script `.git-monitor_after.sh`, which in turn, contains
the upload commands for ITS. This way, you can automatically update your source
code in ITS, even when you are working on a modern machine.
## Building and running
Log into ITS with your developers user name by typing `USERNAME$U` (where `$` is
the ESC-Key), If you are a *luser*: Type `:LOGIN USERNAME` and swap `USERNAME`
for your *actual* username. Confirm with `Enter`.
Now you can build the sudoku solver by invoking MIDAS in DDT:
```
:MIDAS TS SUDOKU_SUDOKU
```
This will instruct MIDAS to create a relocatable binary (TS) from the latest
version of the `SUDOKU` file, and store it in a file named `TS SUDOKU` in the
current directory. If this succeded, listing the files with `:LISTF` (or
`CTRL+F`, if you're not a turist), should look something like this:
```
KA JALI
FREE BLOCKS #2=154 #3=169 #0=156 #1=171
1 PUZZL1 SUDOKU 1 ! 9/21/2025 22:02:04
3 SUDOKU 1 1 ! 9/21/2025 22:02:02
1 TS SUDOKU 1 ! 9/21/2025 23:25:09
```
To invoke the solver run it with:
```
:SUDOKU PUZZL1 SUDOKU
```
This will pass the file `PUZZL1 SUDOKU` to the program, and start to solve it.
The result will be printed on the screen (once the project is finished).