[Simh] pdp11 - console input with high bit set]

[David Gesswein]

PDP-8 has set tti ksr to handle this. Looks like the PDP-11 doesn't.
You could implement the same code in PDP-11. Looks like trying to send
arbitrary 8 bit data through terminal windows doen't work for most of them.


On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:56:24PM +0000, 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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