[Simh] pdp11 - console input with high bit set

[Johnny Billquist]

You need to have your terminal set to MARK parity.

   Johnny

On 2020-07-24 01:56, Paul Moore wrote:
> I am trying to run an RK11 diagnostic and am stuck.
> 
> The diagnostic asks the user how many drives to test and I can get the 
> input to work
> 
> Looking at the code, it is looking for digits and then cr.
> 
> But it is actually looking for  #215, which is 0x8d. Which is CR with 
> the high bit set. (It also looks for #377 del with HB set)
> 
> So what happens is that it just keeps reprompting
> 
> I don’t see how that character ever gets into the system. I did ‘set tti 
> 8b’ but it made no difference. I can post the relevant code if needed.
> 
> 
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