[Simh] Problems running SIMH CP/M on Mac OSX 10.5.4`

[Peter Schorn]

Alternatively you can drag the cpm2 file onto the simulator application
(the one with the icon) to start CP/M. Make sure that the contents of
cpm2.zip and the simulator are in the same directory.

Kevin Handy wrote:
> Lee Hauser wrote:
>> I've been trying to run CP/M 2.2 on the SIMH Altair simulator. It
>> doesn't work; if I double-click the cpm2 script directly it opens
>> Terminal and responds with:
>>
>> Last login: Mon Jul 14 19:52:41 on ttys000
>> administrators-macbook-pro-15:~ lee$ /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2 ; exit;
>>   
> You are trying to run the command file as a shell script.
> You should execute the emulator, and point it at the command
> file.
> 
> Something along the lines of:
> 
>     ./BIN/altairz80 cpm2
>> /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2: line 1: d: command not found
>> /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2: line 2: attach: command not found
>> /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2: line 3: attach: command not found
>> /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2: line 4: attach: command not found
>> reset: unknown terminal type cpu
>> Terminal type?
>>
>> When I respond with "VT100" (which I'm sure is the wrong choice) it
>> responds with:
>>
>> Erase is delete.
>> Interrupt is control-C (^C).
>> /Users/lee/altairz80osx/cpm2: line 13: boot: command not found
>> logout
>>
>>   
> These messages appear to be from the shell (bash, csh, ???) on
> your system trying to make sense of the simh command file.
>> [Process completed]
>>
>> If I run the simulator first, and use the commands
>>
>> sim> attach dsk cpm2.dsk
>> sim> boot dsk
>>
>> terminal simply stops responding.
>>
>> I ran the CP/M simulator successfully on a Windows XP machine, so I'm
>> not at all sure what is wrong. I'd appreciate any help!
>>
>> Lee Hauser
>>   
> 
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