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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Malcolm,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I wrote the ADC Super Six simulation for SIMH a while ago (maybe 2007 or 2008.) I found some of my original files today that I used to create a boot disk for a Digitex computer that I have with a Super-Six in it. I built the CBIOS in SIMH, tested it on SIMH, and then wrote it to a real floppy disk using ImageDisk. The real computer actually booted! Today I uploaded this stuff to GitHub:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>https://github.com/hharte/digitex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It has been a long time since I worked on this, and I forgot nearly everything about it by now; however, there are some notes and a SIMH config file in the GitHub repository.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Malcolm Macleod<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> simh@trailing-edge.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Simh] ADC Super Six simulation question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>I’m trying to get ADC S6 simulation running in the altairz80.exe simulator – so far without success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Here are the SIMH commands I’ve been trying:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-AU>SET ADCS6 ENABLED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-AU>SET CPU Z80<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-AU>ATTACH ADCS60 AD-MS-P1.IMD [this is the name of a known good IMD image copied from real 8” floppy]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-AU>BOOT ADCS60<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>The BOOT command returns the following message, but then hangs indefinitely:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-AU>Booting ADCS6 Controller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>My questions are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-AU><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-AU>Any suggestions as to why this is hanging indefinitely – am I missing some critical steps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-AU><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-AU>Do I need to load an image of the S6’s on-board EPROM somewhere?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-AU><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-AU>Can other floppy image formats (such as DMK) be used with the simulator?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>If anyone has a working SIMH script and IMD boot disk for the S6, I’d appreciate a copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Thanks in advance, Malcolm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>