These changes facilitate more robust parameter type checking and helps
to identify unexpected coding errors.
Most simulators can now also be compiled with a C++ compiler without
warnings.
Additionally, these changes have also been configured to facilitate easier
backporting of simulator and device simulation modules to run under the
simh v3.9+ SCP framework.
- Added event debug support to scp and the vax simulator
- Moved external declarations into include files related to modules which define them and removed random externs from modules which referenced them
- Fixed typos in sim_ether
- Fixed sim_disk and sim_tape to properly manage asynchronous threads on an i/o flush
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>
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 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 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
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.
