[Simh] Getting to the 780 console prompt

[Robert Jarratt]

The reason I want to get to the 780's console is so that I can boot
standalone diagnostics as per this document:

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/780/EK-DS780-UG-002_780_Diagnostic_Syst
em_Users_Guide_Aug79.pdf

Looks like this will be a problem...

Regards

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-
> edge.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Warkentin
> Sent: 23 April 2009 00:30
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Getting to the 780 console prompt
> 
> (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?
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