[Simh] PDP11 oddity with RSTS 9.6

[Paul Koning]

> On Feb 3, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Gene Irwin <girwin1215 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello guys,
> 
> I have tried simh 3.9 and 4.0 and have this odd issue.
> 
> I got a copy of a built rsts on rpo6, and the copies of the .tap files used to gen this image.  it is v9.6.
> 
> If I boot the prebuilt hard drive image the system comes up just fine.
> 
> If I boot the tape and go through the sysgen process the hard drive image that is built has no lp0: device in the monitor, and the spooler fails during boot and keeps the rest of the start.com script from running, making the system come up in a single user mode with job max at 2.
> 
> I've tried diferent processors (11/70 up to 11/94), LPT is enabled in simh, and I'm not sure what to try next.  
> 
> If I boot the prebuilt image and do show devices _LP0: is present.
> If I boot the sysgen'd image and do show devices, there is no _LP0:

Did you ask for line printers during sysgen?  Can you show the generated config.mac (produced by running the sysgen program)?

	paul