[Simh] vax simh and loading file

[Timothe Litt]

If you expect input spooling to work, you may need something like

  set device/spooled=sys$batch cra0:

That's what tells the card reader driver to wake jobcontrol when card
appears.

I may not have the syntax exactly right - it's been a while.

The -10 is much simpler. 
  OPR> start card-reader 0

Done.

The operators guide, system mangers guide & DCL dictionary should all be
on bitsavers.


On 15-Feb-16 15:49, Timothe Litt wrote:
> Sys$system:inpsmb  Gets started by job controller.  But there has to
> be a batch queue to accept the spooled input.
>
> reply/enable=cards may help.
>
> OR,  the manual way from DCL:
>
> Alloc CRA0:
> set card_reader cra0:/029
> copy cra0: foo.dat
>
> I worked on the simh card reader a year or two ago.  At that point, it
> functioned.
>
>
>
> On 15-Feb-16 15:43, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> There is no inpsmb. simh 3.9 doesn't accept the "continue" option.
>>  
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Timothe Litt <mailto:litt at ieee.org>
>>     *To:* simh at trailing-edge.com
>>     *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2016 3:33 PM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Simh] vax simh and loading file
>>
>>     you have to start a queue or manually run inpsmb
>>
>>
>>     On 15-Feb-16 14:53, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>>         *From:* Wilm Boerhout <mailto:wboerhout at gmail.com>
>>>         *To:* simh at trailing-edge.com
>>>         *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2016 3:42 AM
>>>         *Subject:* Re: [Simh] vax simh and loading file
>>>
>>>         Exactly. The only thing that simh adds to this process is
>>>         the "set cr
>>>         reset" command to prompt the card reader (driver?).
>>>
>>>         So on simh, the flow control would be:
>>>
>>>          1. get your "card deck" in a file on the host
>>>          2. boot simh with the cr device attached to said file
>>>          3. boot your VAX
>>>          4. log in, then CTRL/E out to the simh prompt, and issue
>>>         "set cr reset"
>>>          5. issue "continue" to the simh prompt to resume the VAX
>>>          6. observe that your job has run, and the file (if not
>>>         deleted, which
>>>             is the default) is now a DCL file in your default login
>>>         directory,
>>>             default name is "INPBATCH.COM". Name may be overridden
>>>         by the /NAME
>>>             qualifier on the job card.
>>>
>>>         /Wilm
>>>
>>>
>>>         OK here's what I tried. Issuing "continue" in simg doesn't
>>>         work. simh> "continue" just gives an error.
>>>          
>>>         ./vax
>>>         lo -r ka655x.bin
>>>         set cpu 64m
>>>         set cpu idle=vms
>>>         set rq0 ra92
>>>         at rq0 vms
>>>         at nvr r
>>>         set cr autoeof
>>>         at -a cr list "name of licnese PAKs
>>>         set cr translation=029
>>>         b cpu
>>>         Then I use "b dua0" no problems
>>>         login as system and enter password. No problems
>>>         ^E
>>>         simh>
>>>         here I enter "set cr reset"
>>>         and at simh>
>>>         I enter "continue" and get an error. <shrug>
>>>          
>>>         Bill
>>>          
>>>
>>>
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