[Simh] Command mode on SIMH for Windows

[Mark Pizzolato]

On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 10:22 AM, Timothy Stark wrote:
> Ok I tried to change WRU character (set console wru=10) to ^P.  I was now able
> exit simh or enter command prompt!

What "shell" were you using when you started the simulator?  It works just fine for me using the standard windows cmd.exe.  Knowing the details of your environment, maybe I can make it work as expected all the time...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 12:47 PM
> To: Timothy Stark <fsword007 at gmail.com>; simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: RE: [Simh] Command mode on SIMH for Windows
> 
> On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:22 AM, Timothy Stark wrote:
> > I am now set SIMH up on Windows 10 system.  I tried to enter command
> > mode from console by press ^E but it did not response. I can't exit
> > SIMH until I closed windows.
> >
> > Does anyone know which key for Windows to enter command mode?
> 
> ^E works fine on windows unless you've changed the WRU character which
> would be the same issue on other platforms.
> 
> How/where did you get the version you're running?
> 
> Pick up the latest development build from:
> https://github.com/simh/Win32-Development-Binaries
> 
> And try the simulator you're using from there.
> 
> - Mark
> 
>