[Simh] Getting to the 780 console prompt

[Andrew Warkentin]

(oops, should have sent this to the list)

Robert Jarratt wrote:
>
> I need to get to the 780’s console prompt but I do not seem to be able 
> to do it. Here is what I have tried:
>
> · Typed CTRL-P on the console.
>
> · Pressed the BREAK key on the console.
>
> · Used “send brk” from the Windows telnet client.
>
> · Looked for a way to send a break from the HyperTerminal program but 
> could not find one.
>
> I am using SIMH 3.8-1
>
> Can anyone tell me how to do this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
Which console prompt are you talking about? If you're talking about the 
front-end/firmware console, then you're out of luck, because the 11/780 
simulator doesn't have one (instead, operating systems are loaded by 
loading the bootloader, such as vmb.exe for VMS, from a file on the 
host). The only "console" it has is the SIMH monitor. Anyways, you 
really don't need a front-end console with the 780 simulator, because 
the SIMH monitor does almost everything that the console does. What were 
you wanting to do with the console?