[Simh] card reader and running commands

[Timothe Litt]

RE: the 'what commands should we be able to do without stopping the 
simulator' discussion:

Based on this,  "set cr reset" is one of them that we didn't think of 
before.  (Or at least, I didn't.)


This communication may not represent my employer's views,
if any, on the matters discussed.

On 27-May-13 15:00, Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote:
> El 27/05/2013, a les 18:09, Timothe Litt <litt at ieee.org> va escriure:
>
>> simh says 'not attached'  You need to attach it at the simh prompt to a file of card images.
> Oh, yes, I'm aware of that. I attached CR to a file with this content:
>
> $JOB OPERATOR
> $PASSWORD ******
> ! Obtencio llistat de directoris
> !
> INICI::
> .       DEL DIR.LST
> .       DEL DIRDIZ.DAT
> .       DEL DIRSIZ.LST
> !
> P010::
> .       CHKPNT P010
> .       R DIRECT
> *       DIR.LST=[*,*,*,*,*]*.*
> *       ^Z
> P020::
> .       CHKPNT P020
> .       RUN DIRSZ1
> P030::
> .       CHKPNT P030
> .       RUN DIRSZ2
> .       TYPE DIRSIZ.LST
> $EOJ
>
> Never mind the comments and the programs, those WORK when I submit this file using the SUBMIT command. Then I do a SET CR RESET (as directed by the simh docs... it works for VMS and RSX :)) and... nothing happens.
>
> The card reader is indeed seen by the operating system:
>
> CONFIG>show hardWARE-CONFIGURATION (of system) /unit-record
> CONFIG>
> 20:56:52        CONFIG  -- SHOW HARDWARE-CONFIGURATION --
>
>
> Unit Record Device Configuration
>
>    Card reader configuration:
>      Device  CPU
>      ------  ---
>      CDR0     0
>
>    Line printer configuration:
>      Device  CPU  Type   Status
>      ------  ---  -----  ------
>      LPT0     0   LP20   Online
>
> It looks like everything is OK, but it does not work. That is the reason why I think there is some bug in the CD11 implementation in the simh side.
>
>
> Jordi Guillaumes i Pons
> jg at jordi.guillaumes.name
> HECnet: BITXOV::JGUILLAUMES
>
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