Another MEM11 Status update

2016-02-27 Thread Guy Sotomayor
I've been simulating parts of the MEM11 FPGA since the last time I sent out an update. Most of my time has been writing various testcases and getting them to work on Xilinx's iSIM simulator. I'm making pretty good progress and have tested a fair number of the modules in the MEM11 FPGA design.

MEM11 status update

2015-10-09 Thread Guy Sotomayor
I wanted to let folks know what the current status is on the MEM11 project. I apologize in advance for the long post. Previously I had mentioned that the emulator was fully functional (more on that later) and that I was starting to debug the MEM11 firmware. I have made significant progress and

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-03 Thread Jay jaeger
RK05 would be suitable Guy Sotomayor wrote: > > >On 9/2/15 8:42 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote: >> >>> On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > run Unix V1 I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a >>>

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-02 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
run Unix V1 I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. [Ethan Dicks] You could also try Mini-Unix on your 11/20, which might support a wider range of devices. [Jay Jaeger] Very interesting. Does Guy's MEM11 provide wh

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-02 Thread Guy Sotomayor
On 9/2/15 8:42 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote: On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: run Unix V1 I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. You could also try Mini-Unix o

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-02 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote: On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: run Unix V1 I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. You could also try Mini-Unix on your 11/20, which might support a wider ran

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Josh Dersch
On 9/1/15 10:10 PM, tony duell wrote: I could, but the point is to run 1972 Unix on machine that was around in 1972, even if I have emulate things like the RF disks. Except that the MEM11 wasn't around in 1972. I think the point here, is that much of the hardware that is necessary to run Unix

RE: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread tony duell
> >> I could, but the point is to run 1972 Unix on machine that was around > >> in 1972, even if I have emulate things like the RF disks. > > Except that the MEM11 wasn't around in 1972. > I think the point here, is that much of the hardware that is necessary > to run Unix V1 on an > 11/20 is unobt

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Guy Sotomayor
On 9/1/15 9:45 PM, tony duell wrote: I could, but the point is to run 1972 Unix on machine that was around in 1972, even if I have emulate things like the RF disks. Except that the MEM11 wasn't around in 1972. I think the point here, is that much of the hardware that is necessary to run Unix

RE: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread tony duell
> > I could, but the point is to run 1972 Unix on machine that was around > in 1972, even if I have emulate things like the RF disks. Except that the MEM11 wasn't around in 1972. -tony

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 9/1/2015 7:56 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote: >> On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: >>> run Unix V1 >>> >>> I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a >>> PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. >>> >> You could a

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: >> >>> run Unix V1 >> >> I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a >> PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. >> > You could also try Mini-Unix on your 11/20, which might suppor

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Jay Jaeger
On 9/1/2015 10:01 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> The main objective is to provide the memory and I/O necessary >> to be able to run Unix V1 > > I am very interested in the MEM11 for this exact reason. I have a > PDP-11/20 that I'd love to do this with. > You could also try Mini-Unix on your 11/2

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-09-01 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: > The MEM11 is a multi-function memory board for Unibus based PDP-11 > computers. It contains: > > * 128KW memory > * Emulates console ROM & boot ROMs > * 2 SLUs (DL11s) > * KW11K > * KW11P > * KW11L > * KW11W > * RF11 (emulating up to

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-31 Thread Guy Sotomayor
On 8/31/15 10:05 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: On 8/30/2015 1:08 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: The MEM11 is a multi-function memory board for Unibus based PDP-11 computers. It contains: * 128KW memory * Emulates console ROM & boot ROMs * 2 SLUs (DL11s) * KW11K * KW11P * KW11L * KW11W *

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-31 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On 8/30/2015 1:08 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: The MEM11 is a multi-function memory board for Unibus based PDP-11 computers. It contains: * 128KW memory * Emulates console ROM & boot ROMs * 2 SLUs (DL11s) * KW11K * KW11P * KW11L * KW11W * RF11 (emulating up to 8 RS11 disks) * KE11 G

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-30 Thread Guy Sotomayor
On 8/30/15 8:45 AM, Guy Sotomayor wrote: On 8/30/15 12:50 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Guy Sotomayor Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 7:05 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: MEM11 Status Update [... snip ...] The biggest piece

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-30 Thread Guy Sotomayor
On 8/30/15 12:50 AM, Henk Gooijen wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Guy Sotomayor Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 7:05 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: MEM11 Status Update [... snip ...] The biggest piece of work remaining on the emulator will be

Re: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-29 Thread Guy Sotomayor
p/Kip_Koon -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Sotomayor Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 1:06 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: MEM11 Status Update I'm making good progress on the MEM11 firmware. I spent

RE: MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-29 Thread Kip Koon
cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Sotomayor > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 1:06 AM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: MEM11 Status Update > > I'm making good progress on the MEM11 firmware. I spent the last few days >

MEM11 Status Update

2015-08-29 Thread Guy Sotomayor
I'm making good progress on the MEM11 firmware. I spent the last few days re-doing the firmware build environment. Previously, it would build all the files each time. Now there is a proper Makefile (even though it takes about a minute to build everything). I realized that I needed something b