[Simh] how to enable tc11 (was Re: RT-11 source)

Mark Pizzolato Mark at infocomm.com
Mon Oct 24 17:42:54 EDT 2016


On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Ron Young wrote:
> Your message dated: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:14:11 -0700
> --------
> 
> > Rather than merely telling you what works for me, the community
> > at large will be better served if the problems you're encountering
> > were self-solvable.  In order to do this, I need to know what you've
> > tried that didn't work so potentially an appropriate message might
> > be issued.
> >
> > Please provide the explicit details of what you've tried that didn't work.
> 
>   An example would be good, I'm trying to figure out what would be a good
>   way to play with the dta images...
> 
>   starting:   no ini file, default pdp11 binary
> 
>   simh starts as a 11/73...
> 
> ron at ron-amd64:~/simh/BIN$ ./pdp11
> 
> PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Beta        git commit id: c9af9a70
> sim> show cpu
> CPU  11/73, NOCIS, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
>      256KB
>      sim> show device
>      PDP-11 simulator configuration
> 
> CPU  11/73, NOCIS, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
> SYSTEM
> RHA	address=17776700-17776753, vector=254
> RHB	disabled
> RHC	disabled
> CLK	60Hz, address=17777546-17777547, vector=100
> PCLK	disabled
> PTR	address=17777550-17777553, vector=70
> PTP	address=17777554-17777557, vector=74
> TTI	address=17777560-17777563, vector=60
> TTO	address=17777564-17777567, vector=64
> TDC	disabled
> CR	no EOF pending, address=17777160-17777167, vector=230
> 	285 cards per minute, translation=029
> LPT address=17777514-17777517, vector=200
> DLI disabled
> DLO disabled
> DCI disabled
> DCO disabled
> DZ  address=17760100-17760137*, vector=300-334*, lines=32
> VH  disabled
> RC  disabled
> RF  disabled
> RK  address=17777400-17777417, vector=220, 8 units
> RL  RLV12, address=17774400-17774411, vector=160, 4 units
> HK  address=17777440-17777477, vector=210, 8 units
> RX  address=17777170-17777173, vector=264, 2 units
> RY  disabled
> RP  Massbus adapter 0, 8 units
> RS  disabled
> RQ  address=17772150-17772153, no vector, RQDX3, 4 units
> RQB disabled
> RQC disabled
> RQD disabled
> TC  disabled
> TM  address=17772520-17772533, vector=224, 8 units
> TS  disabled
> TQ  TK50 (94MB), address=17774500-17774503, no vector, 4 units
> TU  disabled
> TA  disabled
> VT  disabled
> XQ  address=17774440-17774457, no vector, MAC=08:00:2B:0B:19:F0
>     type=DELQA-T, mode=DELQA, polling=disabled, sanity=OFF
>     throttle=disabled, DEQNALock=OFF, leds=(ON,ON,ON)
> XQB		     disabled
> XU		     disabled
> XUB		     disabled
> KE		     disabled
> KG		     disabled
> DMC		     disabled
> DUP		     disabled
> DPV		     disabled
> KDP		     disabled
> sim>
> 
> 
> ok, so try a unibus system 11/34 (same simh session)... I would hope that
> TC would get configured instead of disabled... I have googled for
> documentation, and found some docs current pdp11_doc.pdf, and
> simh_vmio.pdf
> (not sure of version) but I got lost...
> 
> sim> set cpu 11/34
> sim> show cpu
> CPU  11/34, NOFPP, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
>      256KB
> sim> show dev
> PDP-11 simulator configuration
> 
> CPU  11/34, NOFPP, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
> SYSTEM
> RHA	address=17776700-17776753, vector=254
> RHB	disabled
> RHC	disabled
> CLK	60Hz, address=17777546-17777547, vector=100
> PCLK	disabled
> PTR	address=17777550-17777553, vector=70
> PTP	address=17777554-17777557, vector=74
> TTI	address=17777560-17777563, vector=60
> TTO	address=17777564-17777567, vector=64
> TDC	disabled
> CR	no EOF pending, address=17777160-17777167, vector=230
> 	285 cards per minute, translation=029
> LPT address=17777514-17777517, vector=200
> DLI disabled
> DLO disabled
> DCI disabled
> DCO disabled
> DZ  address=17760100-17760137*, vector=300-334*, lines=32
> VH  disabled
> RC  disabled
> RF  disabled
> RK  address=17777400-17777417, vector=220, 8 units
> RL  RL11, address=17774400-17774411, vector=160, 4 units
> HK  address=17777440-17777477, vector=210, 8 units
> RX  address=17777170-17777173, vector=264, 2 units
> RY  disabled
> RP  Massbus adapter 0, 8 units
> RS  disabled
> RQ  address=17772150-17772153, no vector, RQDX3, 4 units
> RQB disabled
> RQC disabled
> RQD disabled
> TC  disabled
> TM  address=17772520-17772533, vector=224, 8 units
> TS  disabled
> TQ  TK50 (94MB), address=17774500-17774503, no vector, 4 units
> TU  disabled
> TA  disabled
> VT  disabled
> XQ  disabled
> XQB disabled
> XU  disabled
> XUB disabled
> KE  disabled
> KG  disabled
> DMC disabled
> DUP disabled
> DPV disabled
> KDP disabled
> sim>

Well, hopefully this is a 'duhhh' answer.  If you want to enable a specific device you say: "SET dev ENABLE".  If you want to disable a specific device you say: "SET dev DISABLE".

So:

sim> sh cpu
CPU     11/73, NOCIS, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
        256KB
sim> set tc enable
TC device not compatible with system bus
sim> set cpu 11/34
sim> set tc enable
sim> sh dev
PDP-11 simulator configuration

CPU     11/34, NOFPP, idle disabled, autoconfiguration enabled
SYSTEM
RHA     address=17776700-17776753, vector=254
RHB     disabled
RHC     disabled
CLK     60Hz, address=17777546-17777547, vector=100
PCLK    disabled
PTR     address=17777550-17777553, vector=70
PTP     address=17777554-17777557, vector=74
TTI     address=17777560-17777563, vector=60
TTO     address=17777564-17777567, vector=64
TDC     disabled
CR      no EOF pending, address=17777160-17777167, vector=230
        285 cards per minute, translation=029
LPT     address=17777514-17777517, vector=200
DLI     disabled
DLO     disabled
DCI     disabled
DCO     disabled
DZ      address=17760100-17760137*, vector=300-334*, lines=32
VH      disabled
RC      disabled
RF      disabled
RK      address=17777400-17777417, vector=220, 8 units
RL      RL11, address=17774400-17774411, vector=160, 4 units
HK      address=17777440-17777477, vector=210, 8 units
RX      address=17777170-17777173, vector=264, 2 units
RY      disabled
RP      Massbus adapter 0, 8 units
RS      disabled
RQ      address=17772150-17772153, no vector, RQDX3, 4 units
RQB     disabled
RQC     disabled
RQD     disabled
TC      address=17777340-17777351, vector=214, 8 units
TM      address=17772520-17772533, vector=224, 8 units
TS      disabled
TQ      TK50 (94MB), address=17774500-17774503, no vector, 4 units
TU      disabled
TA      disabled
VT      disabled
XQ      disabled
XQB     disabled
XU      disabled
XUB     disabled
KE      disabled
KG      disabled
DMC     disabled
DUP     disabled
DPV     disabled
KDP     disabled
sim>

- Mark


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