[Simh] DLI losing upper bit

[Paul Koning]

> On Jun 25, 2020, at 11:07 AM, Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7:28 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>> I'm trying to use a SIMH PDP11 "DLI" device for DDCMP.  That requires 8 bit
>> transparent data, of course.  It's not working.
>> 
>> A trace shows that the simulator is stripping the upper bit on received bytes.
>> The console has a command to tell it not to do that (set tti 8b).  But while there
>> is "set dlo 8b" there is no "set dli 8b".
>> 
>> Is there a way to get DLI not to corrupt data?
> 
>      sim> SET DLOn 8B
> 
> Affects BOTH input and output traffic mode for line 'n' on the MUX.
> 
>      sim> SET DLO 8B
> 
> is ONLY equivalent to:
> 
>      sim> SET DLO0 8B
> 
> This is illustrated by HELP DLO SET
> 
> - Mark

Thanks, I see it does.  The help doesn't actually say that it affects both sides, and since for TT there are separate commands it would be nice to say it explicitly.

	paul