[Simh] EXT :Re: Mouse capture on VAXstation II/GPX (KA630) simulator V4.0-0 Current
Supratim Sanyal
supratim at riseup.net
Tue Mar 24 09:11:52 EDT 2020
Good morning Matt,
On 3/22/20 6:17 AM, Matt Burke wrote:
> The combinations on lines 3 and 5 are invalid. VAXstation = QVSS only
> (monochrome) and VAXstation/GPX = QDSS only (colour). The net result
> is that line 3 is the same as line 1 and line 5 is the same as line 4.
>
> Additionally the combination on line 4 is not currently supported so
> you must use captured input mode with the QDSS.
OK. Thanks.
> Having said that captured input mode doesn't seem to be working for
> you even with the QVSS. I haven't been able to reproduce this so far
> (testing on my usual platform of Debian 9.9). Which version of SDL are
> you using (show version)? For me it's 2.0.5.
I am showing SDL ver 2.0.10. The host is FreeBSD 12.1-p3, the guest is
VMS 5.5-2H4. If you don't mind, and there is no private information, is
there any way I see your SIMH config file that works for you?
sim> show version
VAXstation II (KA630) simulator V4.0-0 Current
Simulator Framework Capabilities:
64b data
64b addresses
Threaded Ethernet Packet transports:PCAP:TAP:VDE:NAT:UDP
Idle/Throttling support is available
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support
Asynchronous I/O support (Lock free asynchronous event queue)
Asynchronous Clock support
FrontPanel API Version 12
Host Platform:
Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 Compatible FreeBSD Clang 8.0.1
(tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581)
Simulator Compiled as C arch: x64 (Release Build) on Mar 19
2020 at 03:33:16
Build Tool: simh-makefile
Memory Access: Little Endian
Memory Pointer Size: 64 bits
Large File (>2GB) support
SDL Video support: SDL Version 2.0.10, PNG Version 1.6.37+apng,
zlib: 1.2.11
PCRE RegEx (Version 8.43 2019-02-23) support for EXPECT commands
OS clock resolution: 1ms
Time taken by msleep(1): 19ms
Ethernet packet info: libpcap version 1.9.0
Time taken by msleep(1): 19ms
OS: FreeBSD freebsd-simh-host.sanyalnet.lan 12.1-RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p3 GENERIC amd64
git commit id: 89cd649c
git commit time: 2020-03-18T00:47:48-07:00
sim>
> For line 1 in your table you may be able to make the cursor less jumpy
> by adjusting the pointer acceleration in DECwindows. From the Session
> Manager select Customize -> Pointer. I have found that for un-captured
> input mode the pointer speed/acceleration within the guest system
> needs to be closely matched to the host otherwise the two fight
> against each other. For my system the 'slow' setting seems to work best.
Ah. OK. Thanks.
BTW, here is the config file as it is currently. The "For now, ..."
comment near the top is something you wrote probably a year ago :)
; Set CPU parmeters
; ---
;QVSS Monochrome Graphics is selected with SET CPU MODEL=VAXstation
;QDSS Color Graphics is selected with SET CPU MODEL=VAXstationGPX
;For now, with libSDL2 and the latest codebase you'll probably need:
; sim> SET QVSS CAPTURE
;before the SET CPU MODEL=VAXSTATION{GPX}
; ---
;
; for text console only, comment cpu model AND enable console below
; for graphical console, set qvss/qdss capture and vaxstation/vaxstationgpx
; base on vaxstation-mouse-comparison.pdf in the doc directory
;SET QVSS CAPTURE
SET QDSS CAPTURE
;SET CPU MODEL=VAXSTATIONGPX
SET CPU MODEL=VAXSTATION
;
; max mem is 16mb (more than that results in crash?)
set cpu 16m
set cpu idle=vms
; Load CPU microcode and attach non-volatile RAM
; Modified firmware to emulate a MicroVAX II
load -r ../data/ka630.bin
attach nvr ../data/nvram.dat
;set console telnet=32023,speed=32768
;set console telnet=32023,speed=14400
set console notelnet
; First network adapter (TCP/IP)
set xq enable
set xq mac=52-2f-73-a8-51-19
attach xq vde:/tmp/vde-ip.ctl
; Second network adapter (DECnet 31.38)
;-- Set MAC address and attach Ethernet to a network interface
; (If using DECnet the MAC address should be set to
; match the DECnet address).
set xqb enable
set xqb mac=AA-00-04-00-26-7C
attach xqb vde:/tmp/vde-dnet.ctl
;attach xqb eth2
;-- Drives
set rq enable
; DUA0 and DUA1
;ra92 disk capacity is 1.5GB
set rq0 ra92
attach rq0 ../data/vms5.5-2H4-vaxstationII.ra92-1.5gb.disk0.dsk
set rq1 ra92
attach rq1 ../data/vms5.5-2H4-vaxstationII.ra92-1.5gb.disk1.dsk
; DUA2 CD ROM
set rq2 rrd40
;-- permanently attaching this causes rebooting to CD-ROM
;attach rq2 ../data/DECVAXVMS552H4.iso
; TAPES
set tq tk50
set tq enable
;MUA0 .. MUA3 - see ../data/tapes.txt
;
;attach tq0 ../data/AQ-LU340-01.F01.tap
;attach tq0 ../data/AQ-PXKZO-R1.A01.tap
attach tq0 ../data/jnet036.tap
attach tq1 ../data/AQ-PXL00-R1.A01.tap
;attach tq2 ../data/....
;attach tq3 ../data/AQ-FP58C-BN.tap
;attach tq4 ../data/....
;Serial terminals telnet port
;set dz enable,lines=4
;attach -a -m dz 4823
;-- Disable unused devices. It's also possible to disable individual
; devices, using a construction like "set rq2 disable" if desired.
;
set rl disable
set ts disable
;-- Select HALT operation
; Return control to VAX console.
set cpu conhalt
; Return control to simh
;set cpu simhalt
;-- boot
;show version
;show ether
; comment out following line to boot manually (e.g. from dua0 when
openvms bootable iso is also attached)
;set cpu autoboot
;dep bdr 0
;echo ---------------
;echo Telnet to port 32023 for console to continue to boot
;echo Once booted, telnet to port 4823 for terminals
;echo ---------------
;boot cpu
; Exit the simulator on VAXStation-II shutdown
;exit
Best regards,
Supratim
>
> Matt
>
> On 21/03/2020 10:33, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
>>
>> Matt,
>>
>> I ran through six possible combinations of capture and cpu model.
>> Here are the results, also attaching in PDF format because non-html
>> mail readers will lose the table. This is using microvax2git id
>> 89cd649c/2020-03-18T00:47:48-07:00 on FreeBSD-12/intel x64 with
>> VAX/VMS 5.5-2H4 as the guest. In summary, the best combination that
>> works for me is QDSS/VAXstation (monochrome but still sweet).
>>
>> I will try Paul Hardy's approach with a MicroVAX 3100M38 sometime in
>> the near future after playing with a couple of unrelated toys waiting
>> for me (VAX/VMS 3.0 and 4.6) first.
>>
>> SIMH Config file: CAPTURE
>>
>>
>>
>> SIMH Config file:
>> CPU MODEL
>>
>>
>>
>> MOUSE AVAILABLE?
>>
>>
>>
>> Notes
>>
>> None
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstation
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Monochrome
>>
>> ·No ReleaseKey in title-bar
>>
>> QVSS
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstation
>>
>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Monochrome
>>
>> ·ReleaseKey present in title-bar
>>
>> ·Mouse pointer disappears when first moved
>>
>> QDSS
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstation
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Monochrome
>>
>> ·ReleaseKey present in title-bar
>>
>> None
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstationGPX
>>
>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Color
>>
>> ·No ReleaseKey in title-bar
>>
>> QVSS
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstationGPX
>>
>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Color
>>
>> ·No ReleaseKey in title-bar
>>
>> QDSS
>>
>>
>>
>> VAXstationGPX
>>
>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>
>>
>> ·Monochrome
>>
>> ·ReleaseKey present in title-bar
>>
>> ·Mouse pointer disappears when first moved
>>
>> Regards,
>> Supratim
>>
>> On 3/20/20 5:11 AM, Matt Burke wrote:
>>> It looks like mouse capture is still not enabled as I'm sure the
>>> release key should be shown in the window title bar. You can toggle
>>> the messages region with CTRL+F2. I'll give the latest code a try to
>>> see if I can reproduce the issues.
>>>
>>> The QDSS does have some known issues which cause screen corruption
>>> over time. I hope to fix these one day but debugging the QDSS can be
>>> quite difficult.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On 19/03/2020 17:38, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Very interesting. With "qvss capture" below "cpu model", mouse now
>>>> works (jumpy, but better than no mouse). Also, I am getting console
>>>> replies at the top of the graphical desktop, and have lost color.
>>>> Here's a screenshot.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/19/20 1:25 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
>>>>> On 3/19/20 11:09 AM, Hittner, David T [US] (MS) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> et cpu model=vaxstationgpx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> set qvss enable ; if required – I think
>>>>>> ‘set cpu model = vaxstationgpx’ does this implicitly
>>>>>>
>>>>>> set qvss capture
>>>>>>
>>>>> Tried this sequence:
>>>>>
>>>>> set cpu model=vaxstationgpx
>>>>> set qvss enable
>>>>> set qvss capture
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to set capture after the CPU model produces this:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Capture Mode Can't be changed with device enabled"
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, an explicit "set qvss enable" produces this twice, so I think
>>>>> your thoughts on implicit enable is correct ...
>>>>>
>>>>> "QDSS Display Created. Uncaptured Input Mode
>>>>> QVSS Display Created. Uncaptured Input Mode"
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT
>>>>> 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W
>>>>> QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet
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