[Simh] Interdata/OS32 startup

Thu Jan 28 21:13:28 EST 2016

Put the list back on. There is a remote chance somebody else might be 
interested.

As for your questions...

1) Old habit. I used to install and support these things. For about five 
years if it was sold into Maryland, Virginia or North Carolina I 
probably did the software installation. Supposedly I had part of West 
Virginia as well. We must not have sold any into West Virginia...

Any way, by using larger tape block sizes on real 9 track tape you can 
get a LOT more on a tape. Big block sizes require memory, hence the big 
load increment. With a  150K block size and a 3600 foot tape you could 
back up a 67MB disk on one reel. If you wisely  want to make a verify 
pass you need two buffers, hence the 300K load increment. Makes a 
difference when you have a room full of washing machines.

You probably didn't need a load increment here.

2) You are correct.

3) You are running a "starter" OS that has one each of all common 
devices of the era. If you do a 'D D' command you will notice that a 
bunch of the devices share addresses. You are expected to do a sysgen to 
match your hardware configuration. What you did is probably the easiest 
way to go.

4) You don't have to do a sysgen to get a system that boots from disc. 
One of the files from the  backup tape was OS32MTS1.001 (or something 
like that). Set up low memory correctly and the bootstrap program in the 
LSU ROM will load that OS image. It is the same image you are already 
running.

You will probably want to do a sysgen to configure your system. 
Especially if you want to run MTM. Running OS/32 without doing a sysgen 
is probably more reasonable on SIMH than real hardware.

5)  That is the 001 in OS32MTS1.001. The bootstrap ROM looks for a file 
with a name OS32-.xxx.  By convention .111 is reserved for the 
diagnostic loader. If you do a sysgen you will probably use a different 
name.

6) Keyboard mapping is a challenge. You need to find the operator 
reference manual. The big one is that control-H is your backspace, your 
terminal emulator may be generating DEL. There are multiple OS/32 serial 
terminal drivers, and sysgenable parameters for all of them. Another 
reason to do a sysgen.

Sounds like I need to send you input files for OS/32 and MTM sysgens.

On 1/28/2016 1:30 PM, Don Stalkowski wrote:
> On Wed Jan 27 20:21:56 2016 davis at frizzen.com (Davis Johnson) wrote:
>> When you have more questions, ask.
>>
> Hi Davis,
>
> Thanks for the help. I managed (I think) to get the OS32 backup
> tape restored but have a few comments/questions. A sanitized console
> log is at the end of this email.
>
> 1) Why did you specify a "segsize increment" with the "L F,MAG1:,300"
>     command?
>
> 2) The manual omits ",MAG1:" from the "L BACKUP" command. This seems
>     to be the cause of the "VOL" error.
>
> 3) I tried attaching the backup tape as "mt1" and then restoring
>     from "MAG2:" but OS32 asked me to mount a tape on "MAG2:".
>     What simh device would correspond to "MAG2:"?
>
> 4) Is a sysgen required to build a bootable system?
>
> 5) In the system booting instructions on page 2-8 of the operator's
>     manual it says to enter into location 7E the "extension field of
>     the OS32 file descriptor (fd) (X'000'-X'FFF'). How do I find out
>     what the "extension field" is?
>
> 6) Is there some way in OS32 of correcting typos?
>
> Thanks, Don
>
> ./id32
>
> Interdata 32b simulator V4.0-0 Beta        git commit id: fa407e67
> sim> set cpu 832
> sim> set dm0 msm80
> sim> att dm0 dm0.dsk
> DM: creating new file
> sim> att mt0 04-082M71R16S_OS32_starter.tap
> sim> d 78 85a18540
> sim> boot mt0
>
> OS32MT08-01.OS32MTS1    LICENSE
> MEMORY TEST IN PROGRESS
> END OF MEMORY TEST
> UNAVAILABLE MEMORY BLOCKS =    0
> ENTER DATE AND TIME
> *SET TIME 01/28/15,09:29:00
> *FF MAG1:
> *FF MAG1:
> *FF MAG1:
> *FF MAG1:
> *FF MAG1:
> *L F,MAG1:,300
> TSKID = F
> *ST ,INIT=DSC4:,VOL=SYS,LI=CON:
> *09:30:06   F:PERKIN-ELMER OS/32 FASTCHEK 03-344 R00-04
> *09:30:06   F:
> *09:30:06   F:INITIALIZE DSC4:  MODE = NOREADCHECK WITH WRITERECOVERY
> *09:30:06   F:    VOLUME SYS    DIRECTORY FOR 640 FILES AT CYLINDER 1 REQ
> *09:30:06   F:
> *09:30:06   F:VOLUME DESCRIPTOR ERROR
> *09:30:06   F:    INVALID VOLUME NAME 00000000
> *09:30:06   F:**** SWITCHING TO READCHECK MODE ****
> *09:30:06   F:
> *09:30:06   F:WARNING: PACK ADMINISTRATION FILE (PACKINFO.DIR) NOT FOUND
> *09:30:06   F:
> *09:30:06   F:0 DEFECTIVE SECTORS FOUND
> *09:30:06   F:
> *09:30:06   F:PACK INITIALIZED - PREALLOCATED DIRECTORY AT 000140, BIT MA
> *09:30:06   F:END OF TASK     0
> *MARK DSC4:,ON
> DSC4:  SYS
> *FF MAG1:
> *L BACKUP,MAG1:
> TSKID = BACKUP
> *TASK BACKUP
> *Simulation stopped, PC: 22B1A (BAL R12,18EF4)
> sim> att mt0 04-082M71R16_OS32_8.1.tap
> sim> c
> ST ,IN=MAG1:,OUT=DSC4:,LIST=CON:,VERIFY
>
> ; lots of stuff...
>
> *10:00:52   BACKUP:   130 FILES TRANSFERRED
> *10:00:52   BACKUP:   130 FILES TRANSFERRED
> *10:00:52   BACKUP:OPTION VERIFY
> *10:00:52   BACKUP:OPTION VERIFY
> *10:00:52   BACKUP:END OF TASK     0
> *
>
>
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