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<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I had a chance to
experiment a bit during the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have added an extra
network card than can handle just 10/100M connections and it has the similar
behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In fact now the SIMH does
not die, but the data transfer gets extremely low that the connection breaks
and just restarting the simulator recover the connection :(<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Running SIMH on the
console – works perfect, but I can not get a stable network connection at
all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Does CHARON-VAX behave
better?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>..or should I use i586
platform instead of x86_64?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font color=navy face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Z<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font face=Tahoma size=2><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font face=Tahoma size=2><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Arpadffy Zoltan <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> den 14 september 2011 13:39<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'simh@trailing-edge.com'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> SIMH dies when using ftp
or wget</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font face="Times New Roman" size=3><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have run into a very weird behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The TCPIP communication works well both in and
outbound. <st1:place w:st="on">Ping</st1:place>, telnet, pop3 all works.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BUT when I try to use FTP after the get or put command
the whole SIMH dies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It also dies with during wget request.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Has anybody seen something like this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is it something that I do wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is the hardware too modern for SIMH (gigabit Ethernet
NIC or x86_64 architecture)?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is obviously a SIMH issue because both Ultrix and
VMS have the same behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I guess the data transfer rate is much higher than
expected and it might cause an overflow somewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I run VAX simulator from simhv38-1 on an <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Linux virtual 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT
2011-07-21 02:17:24 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I run Ultrix 4.5 and VMS 7.3 on a very similar
config:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Here is Ultrix<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>virtual:~/SIMH # cat ultrix/bin/vax.ini<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Load CPU microcode<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>load -r /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/ka655x.bin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Attach non-volatile RAM to a file<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach nvr /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/nvram.bin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; This virtual machine has 256M memory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set cpu 256m<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Define disk drive types. RA92 is largest-supported
VAX drive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set rq0 ra92<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set rq1 ra92<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set rq2 ra92<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set rq3 cdrom<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Attach defined drives to local files<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach rq0 /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/d0.dsk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach rq1 /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/d1.dsk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach rq2 /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/d2.dsk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; for install<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; attach rq2 /root/SIMH/ultrix/data/ultrix-vax-os-v4.5.mode1.ufs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Attach the CD-ROM to its file (read-only)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach -r rq3
/root/SIMH/ultrix/data/ultrix-freeware-vax-sept-2002-mode1.iso<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Disable unused devices. It's also possible to
disable individual devices,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; using a construction like "set rq2
disable" if desired.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set rl disable<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set ts disable<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Attach Ethernet to a network interface<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set xq mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>attach xq eth0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Uncomment the line below to enable auto-boot<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>dep bdr 0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Choose one of the following lines. SET CPU CONHALT
returns control to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; VAX console monitor on a halt event (where behavior
will be further<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; determined by whether auto-boot is set--see above.
SET CPU SIMHALT will<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; cause the simulator to get control instead.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>set cpu conhalt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;set cpu simhalt<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; Now start the emulator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>boot cpu <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>eth0 is an “03:00.0 Ethernet controller:
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
controller (rev 06)”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All that running on <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'># cat /etc/SuSE-release<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>VERSION = 11.4<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CODENAME = Celadon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Any help or opinion would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font face=Arial size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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