- Sleep for the observed clock tick size while throttling
- Recompute the throttling wait once every 10 seconds
to account for varying instruction mixes during
different phases of a simulator execution or to
accommodate the presence of other load on the host
system.
- Each of the pre-existing throttling modes (Kcps,
Mcps, and %) all compute the appropriate throttling
interval dynamically. These dynamic computations
assume that 100% of the host CPU is dedicated to
the current simulator during this computation.
This assumption may not always be true and under
certain conditions may never provide a way to
correctly determine the appropriate throttling
wait. An additional throttling mode has been added
which allows the simulator operator to explicitly
state the desired throttling wait parameters.
These are specified by:
SET THROT insts/delay
where 'insts' is the number of instructions to
execute before sleeping for 'delay' milliseconds.
Note: Since NetBSD and OpenBSD are still actively developed operating systems, new versions of
these OSes are moving targets with regard to providing idle detection. At this time, recent versions
of OpenBSD have veered from the traditional OS idle approach taken in the other BSD derived OSes.
Determining a reasonable idle detection pattern does not seem possible for these versions.
I’ve always wanted to have the option to have simulated devices behave
more naturally with respect to I/O operations. By more naturally I
mean that the current simulator model I/O is either polled (for asynchronous
things link Muxes and Network), or it is performed in the middle of some
instruction execution taking possibly many milliseconds (disk and/or tapes).
The existing model creates quite deterministic behavior which helps to debug
and understand issues, but it trades off potential instruction execution
while performing these I/O operations in between instruction execution.
To address this concept (while still retaining the potential advantages of
the original model), I’ve designed an Asynch I/O model extension for simh.
In order to flesh-out and debug this design, I’ve also refactored several
devices to utilize this capability. Please read the attached
0readmeAsynchIO.txt file for concept details about the approach.
In order to make disk devices easy to implement (within or without the
AsynchIO framework), I’ve created a sim_disk.c library which is modeled
on the sim_tape.c library to generalize disk I/O like tape I/O is
generalized in sim_tape.c. This sim_disk.c library now provides that
natural place to implement support for various disk implementation formats
(just like sim_tape support several formats, and one day will be the place
to add direct physical tape access). The current sim_disk library provides
the framework for direct support of 3 different disk formats:
1) standard simh disk format
2) platform specific physical disk access
and 3) platform independent Virtual Disk format.
The Virtual Disk format is an implementation of the format described in
the ”Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format Specification”. The
VHD specification is available for anyone to implement under the "Microsoft
Open Specification Promise" described at
http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx.
The VHD implementation includes support for:
1) Fixed sized disks
2) Dynamically expanding disks
and 3) Differencing Disks.
Dynamically expanding disks don’t change their “Virtual Size”, but they
don’t consume disk space on the containing storage until the virtual
sectors in the disk are actually written to (i.e. an RA81 or RA92 VHD
with a VMS installed on it may initially only contain 30+ MB of files,
and the resulting VHD will be 30+ MB). The VHD format contains meta data
which describes the virtual device. Amongst this meta data is the simh
device type which the VHD was originally created as. This metadata is
therefore available whenever that VHD is attached to an emulated disk
device in the future so the device type & size can be automatically be
configured.
Sim_disk_attach is used by device emulations to attach a simh/vhd/raw
device to a simulated device. The following simh command switches
are used by the sim_disk_attach API:
-R Attach Read Only.
-E Must Exist (if not specified an attempt to create the
indicated virtual disk will be attempted).
-F Open the indicated disk container in a specific format
(default is to autodetect VHD defaulting to simh if the
indicated container is not a VHD).
-X When creating a VHD, create a fixed sized VHD (vs a
Dynamically expanding one).
-C Create a VHD and copy its contents from another disk
(simh, VHD, or RAW format).
-D Create a Differencing VHD (relative to an already
existing VHD disk)
Examples:
sim> show rq
RQ, address=20001468-2000146B*, no vector, 4 units
RQ0, 159MB, not attached, write enabled, RD54, autosize, SIMH format
RQ1, 159MB, not attached, write enabled, RD54, autosize, SIMH format
RQ2, 159MB, not attached, write enabled, RD54, autosize, SIMH format
RQ3, 409KB, not attached, write enabled, RX50, autosize, SIMH format
sim> atta rq0 RA81.vhd
sim> show rq0
RQ0, 456MB, attached to RA81.vhd, write enabled, RA81, autosize, VHD format
sim> set rq2 ra92
sim> att rq2 -f vhd RA92.vhd
RQ2: creating new file
sim> sho rq2
RQ2, 1505MB, attached to RA92.vhd, write enabled, RA92, autosize, VHD format
sim> ! dir RA92.vhd
Volume in drive H is New Volume
Volume Serial Number is F8DE-510C
Directory of H:\Data
04/14/2011 12:57 PM 5,120 RA92.vhd
1 File(s) 5,120 bytes
0 Dir(s) 3,074,412,544 bytes free
sim> atta rq3 -c RA92-1.vhd RA92.vhd
sim> atta rq3 -c RA92-1.vhd RA92.vhd
RQ3: creating new virtual disk 'RA92-1.vhd'
RQ3: Copied 1505MB. 99% complete.
RQ3: Copied 1505MB. Done.
sim> sh rq3
RQ3, 1505MB, attached to RA92-1.vhd, write enabled, RA92, autosize, VHD format
sim> ! dir RA92*
Volume in drive H is New Volume
Volume Serial Number is F8DE-510C
Directory of H:\Data
04/14/2011 01:12 PM 5,120 RA92-1.vhd
04/14/2011 12:58 PM 5,120 RA92.vhd
2 File(s) 10,240 bytes
0 Dir(s) 3,074,404,352 bytes free
sim> sho rq2
RQ2, 1505MB, not attached, write enabled, RA92, autosize, VHD format
sim> set rq2 ra81
sim> set rq2 noauto
sim> sho rq2
RQ2, 456MB, not attached, write enabled, RA81, noautosize, VHD format
sim> set rq2 format=simh
sim> sho rq2
RQ2, 456MB, not attached, write enabled, RA81, noautosize, SIMH format
sim> atta rq2 -c RA81-Copy.vhd VMS055.dsk
RQ2: creating new virtual disk 'RA81-Copy.vhd'
RQ2: Copied 456MB. 99% complete.
RQ2: Copied 456MB. Done.
sim> sho rq2
RQ2, 456MB, attached to RA81-Copy.vhd, write enabled, RA81, noautosize, VHD format
sim> det rq2
sim> ! dir RA81-Copy.vhd
Volume in drive H is New Volume
Volume Serial Number is F8DE-510C
Directory of H:\Data
04/14/2011 01:22 PM 178,304,512 RA81-Copy.vhd
1 File(s) 178,304,512 bytes
0 Dir(s) 2,896,097,280 bytes free
sim> ! dir VMS055.dsk
Volume in drive H is New Volume
Volume Serial Number is F8DE-510C
Directory of H:\Data
03/08/2011 01:42 PM 403,663,872 VMS055.dsk
1 File(s) 403,663,872 bytes
0 Dir(s) 2,896,097,280 bytes free
sim>
A key capability needed to support simulators running with background
execution is the ability to have a Telnet connected console which isn’t
continuously connected. This feature is called a Buffered Telnet console.
Absolutely nothing changes for someone not interested in using the feature.
However, if someone is interested in the feature, the following SCP
commands are available:
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=port ! Unchanged
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=BUFFERED{=buffersize} ! buffersize defaults to 32K
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=UNBUFFERED ! restores normal behavior
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=NOBUFFERED ! synonym for UNBUFFERED
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=LOG=logdestination ! enables logging of Telnet session traffic (potentially separate from destination specified by SET CONSOLE LOG=conlogdest)
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=NOLOG ! turns off specific logging of Telnet session
sim> SET CONSOLE TELNET=LOG=conlogdest ! turns on logging all console traffic (unless the telnet session logging is also specified).
The logdestinations for any of the logging/debugging commands can
now be:
LOG, DEBUG, STDOUT, STDERR or any file specification (caps are not
required, but these names are reserved to indicate the current
destination of the specified file handles (sim_log, sim_deb,
stdout, stderr).
When a Console Telnet session is Buffered, a simulator will start
(via BOOT CPU or whatever is appropriate for a particular simulator)
without needing to have an active telnet connection. When a Telnet
connection comes along for the telnet port, the contents of the saved
buffer (which wraps on overflow) are presented on the telnet session
as output before session traffic. This allows the connecting telnet
client to see what happened before he connected since the likely
reason he might be connecting to the console of a background
simulator is to troubleshoot unusual behavior.
The current structure has the optional ability to log the Telnet
session separately from the simulator output (i.e. ini file command
execution) is potentially useful when you need to review what the
simulator may have output which may be difficult to find in and
amongst the possibly verbose Operating system console output.
If someone doesn’t use “SET CONSOLE TELNET=LOG=logdestination”,
then the original strategy of logging all output to the target
specified by “SET CONSOLE LOG=logdestination” is preserved. Looking
at the isolated console output might be more interesting if/when
control flow scp commands are ever implemented (ON,GOTO, RETURN, etc.)
The ControlFlow changes fix a potential bug in breakpoint handling
which arguably merely could be “not supported”. That bug is that if
a breakpoint’s actions have multiple actions AND an action early in
the list invokes a do command file, the subsequent pending breakpoint
actions are not performed.
The ControlFlow patch/changes implement the following extensions to
the SCP command language without affecting prior behavior:
GOTO <Label> Command is now available. Labels are lines in which the first non whitespace character is a “:”. The target of a goto is the first matching label in the current do command file which is encountered. Since labels don’t do anything else besides being the targets of goto’s, they could be used to provide comments in do command files, for example (“:: This is a comment”)
SET ON Enables error trapping for currently defined traps (by ON commands)
SET NOON Disables error trapping for currently defined traps (by ON commands)
RETURN Return from the current do command file execution with the status from the last executed command
RETURN <statusvalue> Return from the current do command file execution with the indicated status. Status can be a number or a SCPE_<conditionname> name string.
ON <statusvalue> commandtoprocess{; additionalcommandtoprocess}
Sets the action(s) to take when the specific error status is returned by a command in the currently running do command file. Multiple actions can be specified with each delimited by a semicolon character (just like breakpoint action commands).
ON ERROR commandtoprocess{; additionalcommandtoprocess}
Sets the default action(s) to take when any otherwise unspecified error status is returned by a command in the currently running do command file. Multiple actions can be specified with each delimited by a semicolon character (just like breakpoint action commands).
ON <statusvalue>
ON ERROR Clears the default actions to take when any otherwise unspecified error status is returned by a command in the currently running do command file.
Error traps can be taken for any command which returns a status other
than SCPE_STEP, SCPE_OK, and SCPE_EXIT.
ON Traps can specify any status value from the following list:
NXM, UNATT, IOERR, CSUM, FMT, NOATT, OPENERR, MEM, ARG, STEP,
UNK, RO, INCOMP, STOP, TTIERR, TTOERR, EOF, REL, NOPARAM, ALATT,
TIMER, SIGERR, TTYERR, SUB, NOFNC, UDIS, NORO, INVSW, MISVAL,
2FARG, 2MARG, NXDEV, NXUN, NXREG, NXPAR, NEST, IERR, MTRLNT,
LOST, TTMO, STALL, AFAIL.
These values can be indicated by name or by their internal numeric
value (not recommended).
Interactions with ASSERT command and “DO –e”:
DO –e is equivalent to SET ON, which by itself it equivalent
to “SET ON; ON ERROR RETURN”.
ASSERT failure have several different actions:
If error trapping is not enabled then AFAIL causes exit from the current
do command file.
If error trapping is enabled and an explicit “ON AFAIL” action is defined,
then the specified action is performed.
If error trapping is enabled and no “ON AFAIL” action is defined, then
an AFAIL causes exit from the current do command file.
Other related changes/extensions:
• The “!” command (execute a command on the local OS), now returns
the command’s exit status as the status from the “!” command.
This allows ON conditions to handle error status responses from
OS commands and act as desired.
• Argument substitution has been extended for do command file
execution. The extended argument substitution include
substitution of any program environment variable (referenced by
%ENVVARNAME%) along with dynamic expansion of several pseudo
environment variables:
%DATE% expands to a string of the form: yyyy/mm/dd (i.e. 2011/01/23)
%TIME% expands to a string of the form: hh:mm:ss (i.e. 17:23:44)
%CTIME% expands to a string of the form: www mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy
(i.e. Mon Jan 24 08:22:33 2010)
%ENVNAME% expands to a string which has the value of the environment
variable ENVNAME
The makefile now works for Linux and most Unix's. However, for Solaris
and MacOS, you must first export the OSTYPE environment variable:
> export OSTYPE
> make
Otherwise, you will get build errors.
1. New Features
1.1 3.8-0
1.1.1 SCP and Libraries
- BREAK, NOBREAK, and SHOW BREAK with no argument will set, clear, and
show (respectively) a breakpoint at the current PC.
1.1.2 GRI
- Added support for the GRI-99 processor.
1.1.3 HP2100
- Added support for the BACI terminal interface.
- Added support for RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions.
1.1.4 Nova
- Added support for 64KW memory (implemented in third-party CPU's).
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added support for DC11, RC11, KE11A, KG11A.
- Added modem control support for DL11.
- Added ASCII character support for all 8b devices.
1.2 3.8-1
1.2.1 SCP and libraries
- Added capability to set line connection order for terminal multiplexers.
1.2.2 HP2100
- Added support for 12620A/12936A privileged interrupt fence.
- Added support for 12792C eight-channel asynchronous multiplexer.
1.3 3.8-2
1.3.1 SCP and libraries
- Added line history capability for *nix hosts.
- Added "SHOW SHOW" and "SHOW <dev> SHOW" commands.
1.3.2 1401
- Added "no rewind" option to magtape boot.
1.3.3 PDP-11
- Added RD32 support to RQ
- Added debug support to RL
1.3.4 PDP-8
- Added FPP support (many thanks to Rick Murphy for debugging the code)
1.3.5 VAX-11/780
- Added AUTORESTART switch support, and VMS REBOOT command support
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The makefile now works for Linux and most Unix's. Howevr, for Solaris
and MacOS, you must first export the OSTYPE environment variable:
> export OSTYPE
> make
Otherwise, you will get build errors.
1. New Features
1.1 3.8-0
1.1.1 SCP and Libraries
- BREAK, NOBREAK, and SHOW BREAK with no argument will set, clear, and
show (respectively) a breakpoint at the current PC.
1.1.2 GRI
- Added support for the GRI-99 processor.
1.1.3 HP2100
- Added support for the BACI terminal interface.
- Added support for RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions.
1.1.4 Nova
- Added support for 64KW memory (implemented in third-party CPU's).
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added support for DC11, RC11, KE11A, KG11A.
- Added modem control support for DL11.
- Added ASCII character support for all 8b devices.
1.2 3.8-1
1.2.1 SCP and libraries
- Added capability to set line connection order for terminal multiplexers.
1.2.2 HP2100
- Added support for 12620A/12936A privileged interrupt fence.
- Added support for 12792C eight-channel asynchronous multiplexer.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The makefile now works for Linux and most Unix's. Howevr, for Solaris
and MacOS, you must first export the OSTYPE environment variable:
> export OSTYPE
> make
Otherwise, you will get build errors.
1. New Features
1.1 3.8-0
1.1.1 SCP and Libraries
- BREAK, NOBREAK, and SHOW BREAK with no argument will set, clear, and
show (respectively) a breakpoint at the current PC.
1.2 GRI
- Added support for the GRI-99 processor.
1.3 HP2100
- Added support for the BACI terminal interface.
- Added support for RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions.
1.4 Nova
- Added support for 64KW memory (implemented in third-party CPU's).
1.5 PDP-11
- Added support for DC11, RC11, KE11A, KG11A.
- Added modem control support for DL11.
- Added ASCII character support for all 8b devices.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
1. New Features
1.1 3.7-0
1.1.1 SCP
- Added SET THROTTLE and SET NOTHROTTLE commands to regulate simulator
execution rate and host resource utilization.
- Added idle support (based on work by Mark Pizzolato).
- Added -e to control error processing in nested DO commands (from
Dave Bryan).
1.1.2 HP2100
- Added Double Integer instructions, 1000-F CPU, and Floating Point
Processor (from Dave Bryan).
- Added 2114 and 2115 CPUs, 12607B and 12578A DMA controllers, and
21xx binary loader protection (from Dave Bryan).
1.1.3 Interdata
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state.
1.1.4 PDP-11
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (WAIT instruction executed).
- Added TA11/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.5 PDP-8
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
- Added TA8E/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.6 PDP-1
- Added support for 16-channel sequence break system.
- Added support for PDP-1D extended features and timesharing clock.
- Added support for Type 630 data communications subsystem.
1.1.6 PDP-4/7/9/15
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
1.1.7 VAX, VAX780
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (more than 200 cycles at IPL's 0, 1, or 3 in kernel mode).
1.1.8 PDP-10
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (operating system dependent).
- Added CD20 (CD11) support.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
1. New Features
1.1 3.7-0
1.1.1 SCP
- Added SET THROTTLE and SET NOTHROTTLE commands to regulate simulator
execution rate and host resource utilization.
- Added idle support (based on work by Mark Pizzolato).
- Added -e to control error processing in nested DO commands (from
Dave Bryan).
1.1.2 HP2100
- Added Double Integer instructions, 1000-F CPU, and Floating Point
Processor (from Dave Bryan).
- Added 2114 and 2115 CPUs, 12607B and 12578A DMA controllers, and
21xx binary loader protection (from Dave Bryan).
1.1.3 Interdata
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state.
1.1.4 PDP-11
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (WAIT instruction executed).
- Added TA11/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.5 PDP-8
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
- Added TA8E/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.6 PDP-1
- Added support for 16-channel sequence break system.
- Added support for PDP-1D extended features and timesharing clock.
- Added support for Type 630 data communications subsystem.
1.1.6 PDP-4/7/9/15
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
1.1.7 VAX, VAX780
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (more than 200 cycles at IPL's 0, 1, or 3 in kernel mode).
1.1.8 PDP-10
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (operating system dependent).
- Added CD20 (CD11) support.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
1. New Features
1.1 3.7-0
1.1.1 SCP
- Added SET THROTTLE and SET NOTHROTTLE commands to regulate simulator
execution rate and host resource utilization.
- Added idle support (based on work by Mark Pizzolato).
- Added -e to control error processing in nested DO commands (from
Dave Bryan).
1.1.2 HP2100
- Added Double Integer instructions, 1000-F CPU, and Floating Point
Processor (from Dave Bryan).
- Added 2114 and 2115 CPUs, 12607B and 12578A DMA controllers, and
21xx binary loader protection (from Dave Bryan).
1.1.3 Interdata
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state.
1.1.4 PDP-11
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (WAIT instruction executed).
- Added TA11/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.5 PDP-8
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
- Added TA8E/TU60 cassette support.
1.1.6 PDP-1
- Added support for 16-channel sequence break system.
- Added support for PDP-1D extended features and timesharing clock.
- Added support for Type 630 data communications subsystem.
1.1.6 PDP-4/7/9/15
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (keyboard poll loop or jump-to-self).
1.1.7 VAX, VAX780
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (more than 200 cycles at IPL's 0, 1, or 3 in kernel mode).
1.1.8 PDP-10
- Added SET IDLE and SET NOIDLE commands to idle the simulator in wait
state (operating system dependent).
- Added CD20 (CD11) support.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The save/restore format has been updated to improve its reliability.
As a result, save files prior to release 3.0 are no longer supported.
The text documentation files are obsolete and are no longer included
with the distribution. Up-to-date PDF documentation files are
available on the SimH web site.
1. New Features
1.1 3.6-0
1.1.1 Most magnetic tapes
- Added support for limiting tape capacity to a particular size in MB
1.1.2 IBM 7090/7094
- First release
1.1.3 VAX-11/780
- Added FLOAD command, loads system file from console floppy disk
1.1.4 VAX, VAX-11/780, and PDP-11
- Added card reader support (from John Dundas)
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added instruction history
1.2 3.6-1
1.2.1 PDP-11
- Added RF11 support
- Added multiple KL11/DL11 support
- Added upper-case only mode to TTI, TTO
1.2.2
- Added binary loader (courtesy of Dave Pitt)
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The save/restore format has been updated to improve its reliability.
As a result, save files prior to release 3.0 are no longer supported.
The text documentation files are obsolete and are no longer included
with the distribution. Up-to-date PDF documentation files are
available on the SimH web site.
1. New Features
1.1 3.6-0
1.1.1 Most magnetic tapes
- Added support for limiting tape capacity to a particular size in MB
1.1.2 IBM 7090/7094
- First release
1.1.3 VAX-11/780
- Added FLOAD command, loads system file from console floppy disk
1.1.4 VAX, VAX-11/780, and PDP-11
- Added card reader support (from John Dundas)
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added instruction history
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The source set has been extensively overhauled. For correct
viewing, set Visual C++ or Emacs to have tab stops every 4
characters.
1. New Features
1.1 3.5-0
1.1.1 All Ethernet devices
- Added Windows user-defined adapter names (from Timothe Litt)
1.1.2 Interdata, SDS, HP, PDP-8, PDP-18b terminal multiplexors
- Added support for SET <unit>n DISCONNECT
1.1.3 VAX
- Added latent QDSS support
- Revised autoconfigure to handle QDSS
1.1.4 PDP-11
- Revised autoconfigure to handle more cases
1.2 3.5-1
No new features
1.3 3.5-2
1.3.1 All ASCII terminals
- Most ASCII terminal emulators have supported 7-bit and 8-bit
operation; where required, they have also supported an upper-
case only or KSR-emulation mode. This release adds a new mode,
7P, for 7-bit printing characters. In 7P mode, non-printing
characters in the range 0-31 (decimal), and 127 (decimal), are
automatically suppressed. This prevents printing of fill
characters under Windows.
The printable character set for ASCII code values 0-31 can be
changed with the SET CONSOLE PCHAR command. Code value 127
(DELETE) is always suppressed.
1.3.2 VAX-11/780
- First release. The VAX-11/780 has successfully run VMS V7.2. The
commercial instructions and compatability mode have not been
extensively tested. The Ethernet controller is not working yet
and is disabled.
2. Bugs Fixed
2.1 3.5-0
2.1.1 SCP and libraries
- Trim trailing spaces on all input (for example, attach file names)
- Fixed sim_sock spurious SIGPIPE error in Unix/Linux
- Fixed sim_tape misallocation of TPC map array for 64b simulators
2.1.2 1401
- Fixed bug, CPU reset was clearing SSB through SSG
2.1.3 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in VH vector display routine
- Fixed XU runt packet processing (found by Tim Chapman)
2.1.4 Interdata
- Fixed bug in SHOW PAS CONN/STATS
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
2.1.5 SDS
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.1.6 HP
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.1.7 PDP-8
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.1.8 PDP-18b
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.1.9 Nova, Eclipse
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
2.2 3.5-1
2.2.1 1401
- Changed character encodings to be compatible with Pierce 709X simulator
- Added mode for old/new character encodings
2.2.2 1620
- Changed character encodings to be compatible with Pierce 709X simulator
2.2.3 PDP-10
- Changed MOVNI to eliminate GCC warning
2.2.4 VAX
- Fixed bug in structure definitions with 32b compilation options
- Fixed bug in autoconfiguration table
2.2.5 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in autoconfiguration table
2.3 3.5-2
2.3.1 PDP-10
- RP: fixed drive clear not to clear disk address
2.3.2 PDP-11 (VAX, VAX-11/780, for shared peripherals)
- HK: fixed overlap seek interaction with drive select, drive clear, etc
- RQ, TM, TQ, TS, TU: widened address display to 64b when USE_ADDR64 option selected
- TU: changed default adapter from TM02 to TM03 (required by VMS)
- RP: fixed drive clear not to clear disk address
- RP, TU: fixed device enable/disable to enabled/disable Massbus adapter as well
- XQ: fixed register access alignment bug (found by Doug Carman)
2.3.3 PDP-8
- RL: fixed IOT 61 decoding bug (found by David Gesswein)
- DF, DT, RF: fixed register access alignment bug (found by Doug Carman)
2.3.4 VAX
- Fixed CVTfi to trap on integer overflow if PSW<iv> is set
- Fixed breakpoint detection when USE_ADDR64 option selected
The source set has been extensively overhauled. For correct
viewing, set Visual C++ or Emacs to have tab stops every 4
characters.
1. New Features
1.1 3.5-0
1.1.1 All Ethernet devices
- Added Windows user-defined adapter names (from Timothe Litt)
1.1.2 Interdata, SDS, HP, PDP-8, PDP-18b terminal multiplexors
- Added support for SET <unit>n DISCONNECT
1.1.3 VAX
- Added latent QDSS support
- Revised autoconfigure to handle QDSS
1.1.4 PDP-11
- Revised autoconfigure to handle more casees
2. Bugs Fixed
2.1 3.5-0
2.1.1 SCP and libraries
- Trim trailing spaces on all input (for example, attach file names)
- Fixed sim_sock spurious SIGPIPE error in Unix/Linux
- Fixed sim_tape misallocation of TPC map array for 64b simulators
2.1.2 1401
- Fixed bug, CPU reset was clearing SSB through SSG
2.1.3 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in VH vector display routine
- Fixed XU runt packet processing (found by Tim Chapman)
2.1.4 Interdata
- Fixed bug in SHOW PAS CONN/STATS
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
2.1.5 SDS
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.1.6 HP
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.1.7 PDP-8
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.1.8 PDP-18b
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.1.9 Nova, Eclipse
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
2.2 3.5-1
2.2.1 1401
- Changed character encodings to be compatible with Pierce 709X simulator
- Added mode for old/new character encodings
2.2.2 1620
- Changed character encodings to be compatible with Pierce 709X simulator
2.2.3 PDP-10
- Changed MOVNI to eliminate GCC warning
2.2.4 VAX
- Fixed bug in structure definitions with 32b compilation options
- Fixed bug in autoconfiguration table
2.2.5 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in autoconfiguration table
The source set has been extensively overhauled. For correct
viewing, set Visual C++ or Emacs to have tab stops every 4
characters.
1. New Features in 3.4-1
1.1 All Ethernet devices
- Added Windows user-defined adapter names (from Timothe Litt)
1.2 Interdata, SDS, HP, PDP-8, PDP-18b terminal multiplexors
- Added support for SET <unit>n DISCONNECT
1.3 VAX
- Added latent QDSS support
- Revised autoconfigure to handle QDSS
1.4 PDP-11
- Revised autoconfigure to handle more casees
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.4-1
2.1 SCP and libraries
- Trim trailing spaces on all input (for example, attach file names)
- Fixed sim_sock spurious SIGPIPE error in Unix/Linux
- Fixed sim_tape misallocation of TPC map array for 64b simulators
2.2 1401
- Fixed bug, CPU reset was clearing SSB through SSG
2.3 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in VH vector display routine
- Fixed XU runt packet processing (found by Tim Chapman)
2.4 Interdata
- Fixed bug in SHOW PAS CONN/STATS
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
2.5 SDS
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.6 HP
- Fixed bug in SHOW MUX CONN/STATS
2.7 PDP-8
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.8 PDP-18b
- Fixed bug in SHOW TTIX CONN/STATS
- Fixed bug in SET/SHOW TTOXn LOG
2.9 Nova, Eclipse
- Fixed potential integer overflow exception in divide
The memory layout for the Interdata simulators has been changed.
Do not use Interdata SAVE files from prior revisions with V3.4.
1. New Features in 3.4
1.1 SCP and Libraries
- Revised interpretation of fprint_sym, fparse_sym returns
- Revised syntax for SET DEBUG
- DO command nesting allowed to ten levels
1.2 Interdata
- Revised memory model to be 16b instead of 8b
1.3 HP2100
- Added Fast FORTRAN Processor instructions
- Added SET OFFLINE/ONLINE and SET UNLOAD/LOAD commands to tapes and disks
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.4-0
2.1 Interdata
- Fixed bug in show history routine (from Mark Hittinger)
- Fixed bug in initial memory allocation
2.2 PDP-10
- Fixed TU bug, ERASE and WREOF should not clear done (reported by
Rich Alderson)
- Fixed TU error reporting
2.3 PDP-11
- Fixed TU error reporting
1. New Features in 3.3-2
1.1 SCP and Libraries
- Added ASSERT command (from Dave Bryan)
1.2 PDP-11, VAX
- Added RA60, RA71, RA81 disks
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.3-2
2.1 H316
- Fixed IORETURN macro
- PT: fixed bug in OCP '0001 (found by Philipp Hachtmann)
- MT: fixed error reporting from OCP (found by Philipp Hachtmann)
2.2 Interdata 32b
- Fixed branches to mask new PC (from Greg Johnson)
2.3 PDP-11
- Fixed bugs in RESET for 11/70 (reported by Tim Chapman)
- Fixed bug in SHOW MODEL (from Sergey Okhapkin)
- Made SYSID variable for 11/70 (from Tim Chapman)
- Fixed MBRK write case for 11/70 (from Tim Chapman)
- RY: fixed bug in boot code (reported by Graham Toal)
2.4 VAX
- Fixed initial state of cpu_extmem
2.5 HP2100 (from Dave Bryan)
- Fixed missing MPCK on JRS target
- Removed EXECUTE instruction (is NOP in actual microcode)
- Fixed missing negative overflow renorm in StoreFP
2.6 I1401
- Fixed bug in line printer write line (reported by Van Snyder)
1. New Features in 3.3-1
1.1 H316
TTY - implemented paper-tape reader and punch
- added ASCII file support
PTR,PTP - added ASCII file support
1.2 HP2100
CPU - added SET CPU 21MX-M, 21MX-E (from Dave Brian)
- disabled TIMER/EXECUTE/DIAG instructions for 21MX-M (from Dave Bryan)
- added post-processor to maintain T/M consistency (from Dave Bryan)
DS - released 13037 disk controller
1.3 Interdata
MT - added read-only file support
1.4 SDS
MT - added read-only file support
1.5 PDP-11
TM,TS - added read-only file support
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.3
2.1 H316
CPU - fixed bug in divide
LPT - fixed bug in DMA/DMC support
MT - fixed bug in DMA/DMC support
DP - fixed bug in skip on not seeking
TTY - fixed bugs in SKS '104, '504
2.2 HP2100
CPU - fixed DMA reset to clear alternate CTL flop (from Dave Bryan)
- fixed bug in JPY (from Dave Bryan)
- fixed bugs in CBS, SBS, TBS
- separate A/B from M[0/1] for DMA (found by Dave Bryan)
LPS - added restart when set online, etc. (from Dave Bryan)
- fixed col count for non-printing chars (from Dave Bryan)
LPT - added restart when set online, etc. (from Dave Bryan)
2.3 PDP-11
CPU - fixed WAIT to work in all modes (from John Dundas)
RESTRICTION: The HP DS disk is not debugged. DO NOT enable this
feature for normal operations.
WARNING: Massive changes in the PDP-11 make all previous SAVEd
file obsolete. Do not attempt to use a PDP-11 SAVE file from a
prior release with V3.3!
1. New Features in 3.3
1.1 SCP
- Added -p (powerup) qualifier to RESET
- Changed SET <unit> ONLINE/OFFLINE to SET <unit> ENABLED/DISABLED
- Moved SET DEBUG under SET CONSOLE hierarchy
- Added optional parameter value to SHOW command
- Added output file option to SHOW command
1.2 PDP-11
- Separated RH Massbus adapter from RP controller
- Added TU tape support
- Added model emulation framework
- Added model details
1.3 VAX
- Separated out CVAX-specific features from core instruction simulator
- Implemented capability for CIS, octaword, compatibility mode instructions
- Added instruction display and parse for compatibility mode
- Changed SET CPU VIRTUAL=n to SHOW CPU VIRTUAL=n
- Added =n optional parameter to SHOW CPU HISTORY
1.4 Unibus/Qbus simulators (PDP-11, VAX, PDP-10)
- Simplified DMA API's
- Modified DMA peripherals to use simplified API's
1.5 HP2100 (all changes from Dave Bryan)
CPU - moved MP into its own device; added MP option jumpers
- modified DMA to allow disabling
- modified SET CPU 2100/2116 to truncate memory > 32K
- added -F switch to SET CPU to force memory truncation
- modified WRU to be REG_HRO
- added BRK and DEL to save console settings
DR - provided protected tracks and "Writing Enabled" status bit
- added "parity error" status return on writes for 12606
- added track origin test for 12606
- added SCP test for 12606
- added "Sector Flag" status bit
- added "Read Inhibit" status bit for 12606
- added TRACKPROT modifier
LPS - added SET OFFLINE/ONLINE, POWEROFF/POWERON
- added fast/realistic timing
- added debug printouts
LPT - added SET OFFLINE/ONLINE, POWEROFF/POWERON
PTR - added paper tape loop mode, DIAG/READER modifiers to PTR
- added PV_LEFT to PTR TRLLIM register
CLK - modified CLK to permit disable
1.6 IBM 1401, IBM 1620, Interdata 16b, SDS 940, PDP-10
- Added instruction history
1.7 H316, PDP-15, PDP-8
- Added =n optional value to SHOW CPU HISTORY
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.3
2.1 SCP
- Fixed comma-separated SET options (from Dave Bryan)
- Fixed duplicate HELP displays with user-specified commands
2.2 PDP-10
- Replicated RP register state per drive
- Fixed TU to set FCE on short record
- Fixed TU to return bit<15> in drive type
- Fixed TU format specification, 1:0 are don't cares
- Fixed TU handling of TMK status
- Fixed TU handling of DONE, ATA at end of operation
- Implemented TU write check
2.3 PDP-11
- Replicated RP register state per drive
- Fixed RQ, TQ to report correct controller type and stage 1 configuration
flags on a Unibus system
- Fixed HK CS2<output_ready> flag
2.4 VAX
- Fixed parsing of indirect displacement modes in instruction input
2.5 HP2100 (all fixes from Dave Bryan)
CPU - fixed S-register behavior on 2116
- fixed LIx/MIx behavior for DMA on 2116 and 2100
- fixed LIx/MIx behavior for empty I/O card slots
DP - fixed enable/disable from either device
- fixed ANY ERROR status for 12557A interface
- fixed unattached drive status for 12557A interface
- status cmd without prior STC DC now completes (12557A)
- OTA/OTB CC on 13210A interface also does CLC CC
- fixed RAR model
- fixed seek check on 13210 if sector out of range
DQ - fixed enable/disable from either device
- shortened xtime from 5 to 3 (drive avg 156KW/second)
- fixed not ready/any error status
- fixed RAR model
DR - fixed enable/disable from either device
- fixed sector return in status word
- fixed DMA last word write, incomplete sector fill value
- fixed 12610 SFC operation
- fixed current-sector determination
IPL - fixed enable/disable from either device
LPS - fixed status returns for error conditions
- fixed handling of non-printing characters
- fixed handling of characters after column 80
- improved timing model accuracy for RTE
LPT - fixed status returns for error conditions
- fixed TOF handling so form remains on line 0
SYS - fixed display of CCA/CCB/CCE instructions
2.5 PDP-15
FPP - fixed URFST to mask low 9b of fraction
- fixed exception PC setting
RESTRICTION: The PDP-15 FPP is only partially debugged. Do NOT
enable this feature for normal operations.
RESTRICTION: The HP DS disk is not debugged. DO NOT enable this
feature for normal operations.
1. New Features in 3.2-3
1.1 SCP
- Added ECHO command (from Dave Bryan)
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.2-2
2.1 SCP
- Qualified RESTORE detach with SIM_SW_REST
- Fixed OS/2 issues in sim_console.c and sim_sock.h
2.2 HP2100 (all from Dave Bryan)
- Changed CPU error stops to report PC not PC + 1
- Fixed CLC to DR to stop operation in progress
- Functional and timing fixes to DP
> controller sets ATN for all commands except read status
> controller resumes polling for ATN interrupts after read status
> check status on unattached drive set busy and not ready
> check status tests wrong unit for write protect status
> drive on line sets ATN, will set FLG if polling
- Functional and timing fixes to MS
> fixed erroneous execution of rejected command
> fixed erroneous execution of select-only command
> fixed erroneous execution of clear command
> fixed odd byte handling for read
> fixed spurious odd byte status on 13183A EOF
> modified handling of end of medium
> added detailed timing, with fast and realistic modes
> added reel sizes to simulate end of tape
> added debug printouts
- Modified MT handling of end of medium
- Added tab to TTY control char set
2.3 VAX
- VAX RQ controllers start LUNs at 0 (from Andreas Cejna)
- Added compatibility mode definitions
- Fixed EMODD, EMODG to probe second longword of quadword destination
RESTRICTION: The PDP-15 FPP is only partially debugged. Do NOT
enable this feature for normal operations.
RESTRICTION: The HP DS disk is not debugged. DO NOT enable this
feature under any circumstances.
1. New Features in 3.2-2
None
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.2-2
2.1 SCP
- Fixed problem ATTACHing to read-only files (found by John Dundas)
- Fixed problems in Windows terminal code (found by Dave Bryan)
- Fixed problem in big-endian reads (reported by Scott Bailey)
2.2 GRI-909
- Updated MSR to include SOV
- Updated EAO to include additional functions
2.2 HP2100 (from Dave Bryan)
- Generalized control character handling for console terminal
2.3 VAX
- Fixed bad block initialization routine
RESTRICTION: The PDP-15 FPP is only partially debugged. Do NOT
enable this feature for normal operations.
1. New Features in 3.2-1
1.1 SCP and libraries
- Added SET CONSOLE subhierarchy.
- Added SHOW CONSOLE subhierarchy.
- Added limited keyboard mapping capability.
1.2 HP2100 (new features from Dave Bryan)
- Added instruction printout to HALT message.
- Added M and T internal registers.
- Added N, S, and U breakpoints.
1.3 PDP-11 and VAX
- Added DHQ11 support (from John Dundas)
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.2-1
2.1 HP2100 (most fixes from Dave Bryan)
- SBT increments B after store.
- DMS console map must check dms_enb.
- SFS x,C and SFC x,C work.
- MP violation clears automatically on interrupt.
- SFS/SFC 5 is not gated by protection enabled.
- DMS enable does not disable mem prot checks.
- DMS status inconsistent at simulator halt.
- Examine/deposit are checking wrong addresses.
- Physical addresses are 20b not 15b.
- Revised DMS to use memory rather than internal format.
- Revised IBL facility to conform to microcode.
- Added DMA EDT I/O pseudo-opcode.
- Separated DMA SRQ (service request) from FLG.
- Revised peripherals to make SFS x,C and SFC x,C work.
- Revised boot ROMs to use IBL facility.
- Revised IBL treatment of SR to preserve SR<5:3>.
- Fixed LPS, LPT timing.
- Fixed DP boot interpretation of SR<0>.
- Revised DR boot code to use IBL algorithm.
- Fixed TTY input behavior during typeout for RTE-IV.
- Suppressed nulls on TTY output for RTE-IV.
- Added SFS x,C and SFC x,C to print/parse routines.
- Fixed spurious timing error in magtape reads.
2.2 All DEC console devices
- Removed SET TTI CTRL-C option.
2.3 PDP-11/VAX peripherals
- Fixed bug in TQ reporting write protect status (reported by Lyle Bickley).
- Fixed TK70 model number and media ID (found by Robert Schaffrath).
- Fixed bug in autoconfigure (found by John Dundas).
2.4 VAX
- Fixed bug in DIVBx and DIVWx (reported by Peter Trimmel).
RESTRICTION: The PDP-15 FPP is only partially debugged. Do NOT
enable this feature for normal operations.
WARNING: The core simulator files (scp.c, sim_*.c) have been
reorganized. Unzip V3.2-0 to an empty directory before attempting
to compile the source.
IMPORTANT: If you are compiling for UNIX, please read the notes
for Ethernet very carefully. You may need to download a new
version of the pcap library, or make changes to the makefile,
to get Ethernet support to work.
1. New Features in 3.2-0
1.1 SCP and libraries
- Added SHOW <device> RADIX command.
- Added SHOW <device> MODIFIERS command.
- Added SHOW <device> NAMES command.
- Added SET/SHOW <device> DEBUG command.
- Added sim_vm_parse_addr and sim_vm_fprint_addr optional interfaces.
- Added REG_VMAD flag.
- Split SCP into separate libraries for easier modification.
- Added more room to the device and unit flag fields.
- Changed terminal multiplexor library to support unlimited.
number of async lines.
1.2 All DECtapes
- Added STOP_EOR flag to enable end-of-reel error stop
- Added device debug support.
1.3 Nova and Eclipse
- Added QTY and ALM multiplexors (Bruce Ray).
1.4 LGP-30
- Added LGP-30/LGP-21 simulator.
1.5 PDP-11
- Added format, address increment inhibit, transfer overrun
detection to RK.
- Added device debug support to HK, RP, TM, TQ, TS.
- Added DEUNA/DELUA (XU) support (Dave Hittner).
- Add DZ per-line logging.
1.6 18b PDP's
- Added support for 1-4 (PDP-9)/1-16 (PDP-15) additional
terminals.
1.7 PDP-10
- Added DEUNA/DELUA (XU) support (Dave Hittner).
1.8 VAX
- Added extended memory to 512MB (Mark Pizzolato).
- Added RXV21 support.
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.2-0
2.1 SCP
- Fixed double logging of SHOW BREAK (found by Mark Pizzolato).
- Fixed implementation of REG_VMIO.
2.2 Nova and Eclipse
- Fixed device enable/disable support (found by Bruce Ray).
2.3 PDP-1
- Fixed bug in LOAD (found by Mark Crispin).
2.4 PDP-10
- Fixed bug in floating point unpack.
- Fixed bug in FIXR (found by Phil Stone, fixed by Chris Smith).
2.6 PDP-11
- Fixed bug in RQ interrupt control (found by Tom Evans).
2.6 PDP-18B
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 XVM g_mode implementation.
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 indexed address calculation.
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 autoindexed address calculation.
- Fixed bugs in FPP-15 instruction decode.
- Fixed clock response to CAF.
- Fixed bug in hardware read-in mode bootstrap.
- Fixed PDP-15 XVM instruction decoding errors.
2.7 VAX
- Fixed PC read fault in EXTxV.
- Fixed PC write fault in INSV.
RESTRICTION: The FP15 and XVM features of the PDP-15 are only partially
debugged. Do NOT enable these features for normal operations.
1. New Features in 3.1-0
1.1 SCP and libraries
- Added simulated Ethernet support for VMS, FreeBSD, Mac OS/X.
- Added status return to tmxr_putc_ln.
- Added sim_putchar_s to handle possible output stalls.
1.2 All DECtapes
- Added "DECtape off reel" error stop.
1.3 All Asynchronous Consoles
- Added support for output congestion stall if using a Telnet connection.
1.4 PDP-1
- Added Type 23 parallel drum support.
1.5 PDP-8
- Added instruction history.
- Added TSC8-75 option support for ETOS.
- Added TD8E DECtape support.
1.6 PDP-18b
- Added instruction history.
- Changed PDP-9, PDP-15 API default to enabled.
1.7 PDP-11
- Added support for 18b only Qbus devices.
- Formalized bus and addressing definitions.
- Added control to enable/disable autoconfiguration.
- Added stub support for second Unibus Ethernet controller.
1.7 Interdata 32b
- Added instruction history.
1.8 Eclipse
- Added floating point support.
- Added programmable interval timer support.
1.9 H316
- Added DMA/DMC support.
- Added fixed head disk support.
- Added moving head disk support.
- Added magtape support.
1.10 IBM 1130 (Brian Knittel)
- Added support for physical card reader, using the Cardread
interface (www.ibm1130.org/sim/downloads).
- Added support for physical printer (flushes output buffer after
each line).
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.1-0
2.1 SCP and libraries
- Fixed numerous bugs in Ethernet library.
2.2 All DECtapes
- Fixed reverse checksum value in 'read all' mode.
- Simplified (and sped up) timing.
2.3 PDP-8
- Fixed bug in RX28 read status (found by Charles Dickman).
- Fixed RX28 double density write.
2.4 PDP-18b
- Fixed autoincrement bug in PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-9.
2.5 PDP-11/VAX
- Revised RQ MB->LBN conversion for greater accuracy.
- Fixed bug in IO configuration (found by David Hittner).
- Fixed bug with multiple RQ RAUSER drives.
- Fixed bug in second Qbus Ethernet controller interrupts.
2.6 Nova/Eclipse
- Fixed bugs in DKP flag clear, map setup, map usage (Charles Owen).
- Fixed bug in MT, reset completes despite I/O reset (Charles Owen).
- Fixed bug in MT, space operations return word count (Charles Owen).
2.7 IBM 1130 (Brian Knittel)
- Fixed bug in setting carry bit in subtract and subtract double.
- Fixed timing problem in console printer simulation.
2.8 1620
- Fixed bug in branch digit (found by Dave Babcock).
3. New Features in 3.0 vs prior releases
3.1 SCP and Libraries
- Added ASSIGN/DEASSIGN (logical name) commands.
- Changed RESTORE to unconditionally detach files.
- Added E11 and TPC format support to magtape library.
- Fixed bug in SHOW CONNECTIONS.
- Added USE_ADDR64 support.
3.2 All magtapes
- Magtapes support SIMH format, E11 format, and TPC format (read only).
- SET <tape_unit> FORMAT=format sets the specified tape unit's format.
- SHOW <tape_unit> FORMAT displays the specified tape unit's format.
- Tape format can also be set as part of the ATTACH command, using
the -F switch.
3.3 VAX
- VAX can be compiled without USE_INT64.
- If compiled with USE_INT64 and USE_ADDR64, RQ and TQ controllers support
files > 2GB.
- VAX ROM has speed control (SET ROM DELAY/NODELAY).
3.4 PDP-1
- Added block loader format support to LOAD.
- Changed BOOT PTR to allow loading of all of the first bank of memory.
- The LOAD command takes an optional argument specifying the memory field
to be loaded.
- The PTR BOOT command takes its starting memory field from the TA (address
switch) register.
3.5 PDP-18b Family
- Added PDP-4 EAE support.
- Added PDP-15 FP15 support.
- Added PDP-15 XVM support.
- Added PDP-15 "re-entrancy ECO".
- Added PDP-7, PDP-9, PDP-15 hardware RIM loader support in BOOT PTR.
4. Bugs Fixed in 3.0 vs prior releases
4.1 SCP and Libraries
- Fixed end of file problem in dep, idep.
- Fixed handling of trailing spaces in dep, idep.
4.2 VAX
- Fixed CVTfi bug: integer overflow not set if exponent out of range
- Fixed EMODx bugs:
o First and second operands reversed
o Separated fraction received wrong exponent
o Overflow calculation on separated integer incorrect
o Fraction not set to zero if exponent out of range
- Fixed interval timer and ROM access to pass power-up self-test even on very
fast host processors (fixes from Mark Pizzolato).
- Fixed bug in user disk size (found by Chaskiel M Grundman).
4.3 1401
- Fixed mnemonic, instruction lengths, and reverse scan length check bug for MCS.
- Fixed MCE bug, BS off by 1 if zero suppress.
- Fixed chaining bug, D lost if return to SCP.
- Fixed H branch, branch occurs after continue.
- Added check for invalid 8 character MCW, LCA.
- Fixed magtape load-mode end of record response.
- Revised fetch to model hardware more closely.
- Fixed tape read end-of-record handling based on real 1401.
- Added diagnostic read (space forward).
4.4 Nova
- Fixed DSK variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in DSK set size routine.
4.5 PDP-1
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Updated CPU, line printer, standard devices to detect indefinite I/O wait.
- Fixed incorrect logical, missing activate, break in drum simulator.
- Fixed bugs in instruction decoding, overprinting for line printer.
- Fixed system hang if continue after PTR error.
- Fixed PTR to start/stop on successive rpa instructions.
4.6 PDP-11
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in MMR1 update (found by Tim Stark).
- Added XQ features and fixed bugs:
o Corrected XQ interrupts on IE state transition (code by Tom Evans).
o Added XQ interrupt clear on soft reset.
o Removed XQ interrupt when setting XL or RL (multiple people).
o Added SET/SHOW XQ STATS.
o Added SHOW XQ FILTERS.
o Added ability to split received packet into multiple buffers.
o Added explicit runt and giant packet processing.
- Fixed bug in user disk size (found by Chaskiel M Grundman).
4.7 PDP-18B
- Fixed DT, RF variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in MTTR.
- Fixed bug in PDP-4 line printer overprinting.
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 memory protect/skip interaction.
- Fixed bug in RF set size routine.
- Increased PTP TIME for PDP-15 operating systems.
- Fixed priorities in PDP-15 API (differs from PDP-9).
- Fixed sign handling in PDP-15 EAE unsigned mul/div (differs from PDP-9).
- Fixed bug in CAF, clears API subsystem.
4.8 PDP-8
- Fixed DT, DF, RF, RX variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in SKTR.
- Fixed bug in DF, RF set size routine.
4.9 HP2100
- Fixed bug in DP (13210A controller only), DQ read status.
- Fixed bug in DP, DQ seek complete.
- Fixed DR drum sizes.
- Fixed DR variable capacity interaction with SAVE/RESTORE.
4.10 GRI
- Fixed bug in SC queue pointer management.
4.11 PDP-10
- Fixed bug in RP read header.
4.12 Ibm1130
- Fixed bugs found by APL 1130.
4.13 Altairz80
- Fixed bug in real-time clock on Windows host.
4.14 1620
- Fixed bug in immediate index add (found by Michael Short).
RESTRICTION: The FP15 and XVM features of the PDP-15 are only partially
debugged. Do NOT enable these features for normal operations.
1. New Features in 3.0-2
1.1 PDP-1
- The LOAD command takes an optional argument specifying the memory field
to be loaded.
- The PTR BOOT command takes its starting memory field from the TA (address
switch) register.
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.0-2
2.1 SCP and libraries
- Fixed end of file problem in dep, idep.
- Fixed handling of trailing spaces in dep, idep.
2.2 PDP-1
- Fixed system hang if continue after PTR error.
- Fixed PTR to start/stop on successive rpa instructions.
2.3 PDP 18b family
- Fixed priorities in PDP-15 API (differs from PDP-9).
- Fixed sign handling in PDP-15 EAE unsigned mul/div (differs from PDP-9).
- Fixed bug in CAF, clears API subsystem.
2.4 1401
- Fixed tape read end-of-record handling based on real 1401.
- Added diagnostic read (space forward).
2.5 1620
- Fixed bug in immediate index add (found by Michael Short).
3. New Features in 3.0 vs prior releases
3.1 SCP and Libraries
- Added ASSIGN/DEASSIGN (logical name) commands.
- Changed RESTORE to unconditionally detach files.
- Added E11 and TPC format support to magtape library.
- Fixed bug in SHOW CONNECTIONS.
- Added USE_ADDR64 support
3.2 All magtapes
- Magtapes support SIMH format, E11 format, and TPC format (read only).
- SET <tape_unit> FORMAT=format sets the specified tape unit's format.
- SHOW <tape_unit> FORMAT displays the specified tape unit's format.
- Tape format can also be set as part of the ATTACH command, using
the -F switch.
3.3 VAX
- VAX can be compiled without USE_INT64.
- If compiled with USE_INT64 and USE_ADDR64, RQ and TQ controllers support
files > 2GB.
- VAX ROM has speed control (SET ROM DELAY/NODELAY).
3.4 PDP-1
- Added block loader format support to LOAD.
- Changed BOOT PTR to allow loading of all of the first bank of memory.
3.5 PDP-18b Family
- Added PDP-4 EAE support.
- Added PDP-15 FP15 support.
- Added PDP-15 XVM support.
- Added PDP-15 "re-entrancy ECO".
- Added PDP-7, PDP-9, PDP-15 hardware RIM loader support in BOOT PTR.
4. Bugs Fixed in 3.0 vs prior releases
4.1 VAX
- Fixed CVTfi bug: integer overflow not set if exponent out of range
- Fixed EMODx bugs:
o First and second operands reversed
o Separated fraction received wrong exponent
o Overflow calculation on separated integer incorrect
o Fraction not set to zero if exponent out of range
- Fixed interval timer and ROM access to pass power-up self-test even on very
fast host processors (fixes from Mark Pizzolato).
- Fixed bug in user disk size (found by Chaskiel M Grundman).
4.2 1401
- Fixed mnemonic, instruction lengths, and reverse scan length check bug for MCS.
- Fixed MCE bug, BS off by 1 if zero suppress.
- Fixed chaining bug, D lost if return to SCP.
- Fixed H branch, branch occurs after continue.
- Added check for invalid 8 character MCW, LCA.
- Fixed magtape load-mode end of record response.
- Revised fetch to model hardware more closely.
4.3 Nova
- Fixed DSK variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in DSK set size routine.
4.4 PDP-1
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Updated CPU, line printer, standard devices to detect indefinite I/O wait.
- Fixed incorrect logical, missing activate, break in drum simulator.
- Fixed bugs in instruction decoding, overprinting for line printer.
4.5 PDP-11
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in MMR1 update (found by Tim Stark).
- Added XQ features and fixed bugs:
o Corrected XQ interrupts on IE state transition (code by Tom Evans).
o Added XQ interrupt clear on soft reset.
o Removed XQ interrupt when setting XL or RL (multiple people).
o Added SET/SHOW XQ STATS.
o Added SHOW XQ FILTERS.
o Added ability to split received packet into multiple buffers.
o Added explicit runt and giant packet processing.
- Fixed bug in user disk size (found by Chaskiel M Grundman).
4.6 PDP-18B
- Fixed DT, RF variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in MTTR.
- Fixed bug in PDP-4 line printer overprinting.
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 memory protect/skip interaction.
- Fixed bug in RF set size routine.
- Increased PTP TIME for PDP-15 operating systems.
4.7 PDP-8
- Fixed DT, DF, RF, RX variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in SKTR.
- Fixed bug in DF, RF set size routine.
4.8 HP2100
- Fixed bug in DP (13210A controller only), DQ read status.
- Fixed bug in DP, DQ seek complete.
- Fixed DR drum sizes.
- Fixed DR variable capacity interaction with SAVE/RESTORE.
4.9 GRI
- Fixed bug in SC queue pointer management.
4.10 PDP-10
- Fixed bug in RP read header.
4.11 Ibm1130
- Fixed bugs found by APL 1130.
4.12 Altairz80
- Fixed bug in real-time clock on Windows host.
RESTRICTION: The FP15 and XVM features of the PDP-15 are only partially
debugged. Do NOT enable these features for normal operations.
1. New Features in 3.0-1
1.1 PDP-1
- Added block loader format support to LOAD.
- Changed BOOT PTR to allow loading of all of the first bank of memory.
1.2 PDP-18b Family
- Added PDP-4 EAE support.
- Added PDP-15 FP15 support.
- Added PDP-15 XVM support.
- Added PDP-15 "re-entrancy ECO".
- Added PDP-7, PDP-9, PDP-15 hardware RIM loader support in BOOT PTR.
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.0-1
2.1 PDP-11/VAX
- Fixed bug in user disk size (found by Chaskiel M Grundman).
2.2 PDP-1
- Updated CPU, line printer, standard devices to detect indefinite I/O wait.
- Fixed incorrect logical, missing activate, break in drum simulator.
- Fixed bugs in instruction decoding, overprinting for line printer.
2.3 PDP-10
- Fixed bug in RP read header.
2.4 PDP-18b Family
- Fixed bug in PDP-4 line printer overprinting.
- Fixed bug in PDP-15 memory protect/skip interaction.
- Fixed bug in RF set size routine.
- Increased PTP TIME for PDP-15 operating systems.
2.5 PDP-8
- Fixed bug in DF, RF set size routine.
2.6 Nova
- Fixed bug in DSK set size routine.
2.7 1401
- Revised fetch to model hardware more closely.
2.8 Ibm1130
- Fixed bugs found by APL 1130.
2.9 Altairz80
- Fixed bug in real-time clock on Windows host.
2.10 HP2100
-- Fixed DR drum sizes.
-- Fixed DR variable capacity interaction with SAVE/RESTORE.
3. New Features in 3.0 vs prior releases
3.1 SCP and Libraries
- Added ASSIGN/DEASSIGN (logical name) commands.
- Changed RESTORE to unconditionally detach files.
- Added E11 and TPC format support to magtape library.
- Fixed bug in SHOW CONNECTIONS.
- Added USE_ADDR64 support
3.2 All magtapes
- Magtapes support SIMH format, E11 format, and TPC format (read only).
- SET <tape_unit> FORMAT=format sets the specified tape unit's format.
- SHOW <tape_unit> FORMAT displays the specified tape unit's format.
- Tape format can also be set as part of the ATTACH command, using
the -F switch.
3.3 VAX
- VAX can be compiled without USE_INT64.
- If compiled with USE_INT64 and USE_ADDR64, RQ and TQ controllers support
files > 2GB.
- VAX ROM has speed control (SET ROM DELAY/NODELAY).
4. Bugs Fixed in 3.0 vs prior releases
4.1 VAX
- Fixed CVTfi bug: integer overflow not set if exponent out of range
- Fixed EMODx bugs:
o First and second operands reversed
o Separated fraction received wrong exponent
o Overflow calculation on separated integer incorrect
o Fraction not set to zero if exponent out of range
- Fixed interval timer and ROM access to pass power-up self-test even on very
fast host processors (fixes from Mark Pizzolato).
4.2 1401
- Fixed mnemonic, instruction lengths, and reverse scan length check bug for MCS.
- Fixed MCE bug, BS off by 1 if zero suppress.
- Fixed chaining bug, D lost if return to SCP.
- Fixed H branch, branch occurs after continue.
- Added check for invalid 8 character MCW, LCA.
- Fixed magtape load-mode end of record response.
4.3 Nova
- Fixed DSK variable size interaction with restore.
4.4 PDP-1
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
4.5 PDP-11
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in MMR1 update (found by Tim Stark).
- Added XQ features and fixed bugs:
o Corrected XQ interrupts on IE state transition (code by Tom Evans).
o Added XQ interrupt clear on soft reset.
o Removed XQ interrupt when setting XL or RL (multiple people).
o Added SET/SHOW XQ STATS.
o Added SHOW XQ FILTERS.
o Added ability to split received packet into multiple buffers.
o Added explicit runt and giant packet processing.
4.6 PDP-18B
- Fixed DT, RF variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in MTTR.
4.7 PDP-8
- Fixed DT, DF, RF, RX variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in SKTR.
4.8 HP2100
- Fixed bug in DP (13210A controller only), DQ read status.
- Fixed bug in DP, DQ seek complete.
4.9 GRI
- Fixed bug in SC queue pointer management.
Because some key files have changed, V3.0 should be unzipped to a
clean directory.
1. New Features in 3.0-0
1.1 SCP and Libraries
- Added ASSIGN/DEASSIGN (logical name) commands.
- Changed RESTORE to unconditionally detach files.
- Added E11 and TPC format support to magtape library.
- Fixed bug in SHOW CONNECTIONS.
- Added USE_ADDR64 support
1.2 All magtapes
- Magtapes support SIMH format, E11 format, and TPC format (read only).
- SET <tape_unit> FORMAT=format sets the specified tape unit's format.
- SHOW <tape_unit> FORMAT displays the specified tape unit's format.
- Tape format can also be set as part of the ATTACH command, using
the -F switch.
1.3 VAX
- VAX can be compiled without USE_INT64.
- If compiled with USE_INT64 and USE_ADDR64, RQ and TQ controllers support
files > 2GB.
- VAX ROM has speed control (SET ROM DELAY/NODELAY).
2. Bugs Fixed in 3.01-0
2.1 VAX
- Fixed CVTfi bug: integer overflow not set if exponent out of range
- Fixed EMODx bugs:
o First and second operands reversed
o Separated fraction received wrong exponent
o Overflow calculation on separated integer incorrect
o Fraction not set to zero if exponent out of range
- Fixed interval timer and ROM access to pass power-up self-test even on very
fast host processors (fixes from Mark Pizzolato).
2.2 1401
- Fixed mnemonic, instruction lengths, and reverse scan length check bug for MCS.
- Fixed MCE bug, BS off by 1 if zero suppress.
- Fixed chaining bug, D lost if return to SCP.
- Fixed H branch, branch occurs after continue.
- Added check for invalid 8 character MCW, LCA.
- Fixed magtape load-mode end of record response.
2.3 Nova
- Fixed DSK variable size interaction with restore.
2.4 PDP-1
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
2.5 PDP-11
- Fixed DT variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed bug in MMR1 update (found by Tim Stark).
- Added XQ features and fixed bugs:
o Corrected XQ interrupts on IE state transition (code by Tom Evans).
o Added XQ interrupt clear on soft reset.
o Removed XQ interrupt when setting XL or RL (multiple people).
o Added SET/SHOW XQ STATS.
o Added SHOW XQ FILTERS.
o Added ability to split received packet into multiple buffers.
o Added explicit runt and giant packet processing.
2.6 PDP-18B
- Fixed DT, RF variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in MTTR.
2.7 PDP-8
- Fixed DT, DF, RF, RX variable size interaction with restore.
- Fixed MT bug in SKTR.
2.8 HP2100
- Fixed bug in DP (13210A controller only), DQ read status.
- Fixed bug in DP, DQ seek complete.
2.9 GRI
- Fixed bug in SC queue pointer management.
3. New Features in 3.0 vs prior releases
N/A
4. Bugs Fixed in 3.0 vs prior releases
N/A
5. General Notes
WARNING: The RESTORE command has changed. RESTORE will now
detach an attached file on a unit, if that unit did not have
an attached file in the saved configuration. This is required
to assure that the unit flags and the file state are consistent.
WARNING: The compilation scheme for the PDP-10, PDP-11, and VAX
has changed. Use one of the supplied build files, or read the
documentation carefully, before compiling any of these simulators.
