<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Would it be possible for tge error messages to dsplay tge fully expanded command that caused tge error as oart of the message!</div><div>Yhis would also help debug ini files. Right now you just ger an error message witg no contest.</div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From Mark Pizzolato <Mark@infocomm.com> <br>Date: 11/01/2015 8:19 PM (GMT-07:00) <br>To Cory Smelosky <b4@gewt.net> <br>Cc simh@trailing-edge.com,Mark Pizzolato <Mark@infocomm.com> <br>Subject Re: [Simh] VAX sim: rqb address? <br> <br><br>On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:<br>> On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Mark Pizzolato wrote:<br>> <br>> > Hi Cory,<br>> ><br>> > Off list here..<br>> ><br>> >> sim> echo %SET%<br>> ><br>> <br>> [csmelosky@maelona ~]$ ~/simh/BIN/vax<br>> <br>> MicroVAX 3900 simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: fa407e67<br>> sim> echo %SET%<br>> <br>> sim> show dz<br>> DZ address=20000040-2000005F*, vector=2C0-2DC*, lines=16<br>> not attached, 8b<br>> sim> set dz dis<br>> Invalid argument<br><br>Well, this is a big DUHH!!<br><br>Please try:<br><br> sim> set dz DISABLE<br><br>instead of:<br><br> sim> set dz DIS<br><br>Since "DISconnect=line" is one of the command options for the DZ device, the argument is indeed invalid. I'll see if I can make the error message more informative (like: "missing argument value"), but that might still not be clear given the blinders we both had on while looking at this.<br><br>- Mark<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Simh mailing list<br>Simh@trailing-edge.com<br>http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</body>