[Simh] MicroVAX II time across boots

Anders Magnusson ragge at ludd.ltu.se
Mon Apr 11 09:13:38 EDT 2016


It has a clock chip at 0x200b8000 from where it reads current time, 
similar to a PC.
The console mailbox is also in that chip.

-- R

Den 2016-04-11 kl. 14:33, skrev Wilm Boerhout:
> How does a real MicroVAX II preserve its time across boots?
>
> How is this implemented in simh MicroVAX II? i.e. what virtual device 
> should I attach to a file so that the time is preserved in VMS?
> My configuration (below) does not preserve the time (VMS V7.3 fully 
> patched)
>
> Thanks,
> /Wilm
>
> --- simh config ---
> ; unused devices:
> set cr disable
> set lpt disable
> set rl disable
> set tq disable
> set ts disable
>
> att nvr /opt/simh-master/BIN/nvram.bin
>
> set cpu 16M conhalt idle=VMS
> set rom nodelay
> set qba autoconfig
>
> ; DZ11
> set dz enable
> set dz lines=4
> att dz 10000
>
> ; DUA controller
> set rq0 autosize
> att -e rq0 /vdisk/PAGESWAP.vdisk
> set rq1 disable
> set rq2 disable
> set rq3 disable
>
> ; Ethernet
> set xq mac=08:00:2B:17:08:58
> att xq tap:tap0
>
> boot cpu
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