[Simh] Announcing CDC 1700 series simulator

SPC spedraja at gmail.com
Sat Jul 23 17:27:23 EDT 2016


Great news. Where is the simulador available?

Kind Regards
Sergio

El 23 jul. 2016 18:29, "John Forecast" <john at forecast.name> escribió:

> For the past couple of years or so, I have been working on a SIMH-based
>
> simulator for the CDC1700 series, a 16-bit system from the mid-1960's,
> using
>
> the documentation and software available at bitsavers. It has now
> sufficiently
>
> stable to allow others to make use ot the software. The base system
> implements:
>
>
>         - a 1714 CPU with:
>
>                  - 1705 multi-level interrupts and direct storage access
> bus
>
>                  - up to 32KW of memory
>
>                  - memory protect system
>
>                  - Optional 64KW support
>
>
>         - 1711-A teletypewriter
>
>         - 1721-A paper tape reader
>
>         - 1723-A paper tape punch
>
>         - 1740 or 1742-30 line printer
>
>         - 1738-B disk pack controller with up to 2 disk packs:
>
>                  (853 disk pack - 1.5MW)
>
>                  (854 disk pack - 3.0MW)
>
>         - 1733-2 cartridge disk controller with up to 4 drives:
>
>                  Each drive has 1 fixed disk and 1 removeable disk:
>
>                       (856-2 CDD - 1.13MW per disk)
>
>                       (856-4 CDD - 2.25MW per disk)
>
>         - 1732-A or 1732-3 magtape controller with 4 transports
>
>
> The simulator is able to boot the diagnostic tape (SYSTEM17_SMM_DIAGS.TAP
> at
>
> bitsavers.org) and successfully execute tests for each of the above
>
> components. Some test sections fail due to various reasons; lack of
>
> documentation, timing issues, feature not implemented etc.
>
>
> The simulator is also able to boot and install MSOS 5 from an installation
>
> tape (MSOS5_SL136.tap at bitsavers.org) onto a 1733-2 cartridge drive.
> This
>
> is a copy of a distribution tape provided by CDC to run on a 64KW system at
>
> Exxon.
>
>
> I would like to thank Doug Gwyn for answering questions about the system
>
> architecture and providing details about specific diagnostics tests and
>
> Al Kossow for for peripheral documentation so that I could get MSOS 5
>
> installed.
>
>
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