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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText> Answering my own question, it looks like you can give multiple commands as the argument to “expect”, so<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>set BDR 80<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>expect ">>>" send "BOOT DUA0\r"; continue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'>boot cpu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>will work as expected. Should have read the manual <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Simh [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Armstrong<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 26, 2020 10:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> simh@trailing-edge.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Simh] MIcroVAX-3900 Autoboot problems revisited ...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> There’s a problem with the MicroVAX-3900 in that sometimes the ROM built in self test fails with ?53. That’s not terrible, but it prevents the VAX from autobooting, which can be a problem if you’re running a script that expects to start VMS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mark suggested doing something like this in the script –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> set BDR 80 (disable auto boot)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> expect ">>>" send "BOOT DUA0\r"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>boot cpu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That’s OK, but I’m having a problem now. The issue is that “boot cpu” waits until the simulation ends (i.e. until VMS is shut down), but somehow the “expect” is cancelling that wait. If I use the “expect” then the commands in the simh script after “boot cpu” get executed immediately, rather than waiting until after VMS shuts down. That’s bad (at least for me!).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Is there a way around this?<br><br>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob Armstrong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>