[Simh] Standalone boot on vax8600?

[Cory Smelosky]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014, Henry Bent wrote:

> Well, that at least did something different.
>
> sim> boot rq0 /r5:8
> Loading boot code from vmb.exe
> %BOOT-F-Unexpected Exceptio
>
> The 8600 simulator always seems to cut off the last character of its
> messages, I wonder if that's in any way related to the other console
> problems.
>

780, 750, and 730 have the same issue...along with not actually booting 
from the console RL, floppy, et al.

> I tried the standalone boot on the other VAX sims (microvax 1, 2, 3900, and
> rtvax1000) and they are all able to load the booter and take console input
> (I didn't actually try booting).  This seems to point to there being a
> problem with the console on the 8600.  Any tips for where I should look to
> narrow down where the problem might be?
>
> -Henry
>

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