On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 15:10, Robert W.Mills wrote: > 1) I have several Store-To-Disc files that the simulator won't access.
How were the files created? Is the TAPEDIR.std file in SIMH tape format? The MPE-V/R RESTORE command will restore tapes created with STORE, which won't store to disc (as far as I know). If something like TurboSTORE was used to store to a disc file that was then copied to tape, then RESTORE won't read it. You can check the first record of the tape image. It must contain the string "STORE/RESTORE LABEL-HP/3000.VII" to be restorable on V/R. > It just hangs after displaying that the volume has been mounted. The > only way kill it is by doing a SHUTDOWN. You could also do one or more "=ABORTIO 7" commands until RESTORE reports an I/O error. It should then return to the CI prompt. > I have included a copy of the console log after my signature. It looks OK, so I'd guess that the tape image is in the wrong format. > 2) I am running the simulator on Linux Mint 18.3 and using the GNOME > Terminal. Even though the .sim script I am using contains a "set console > DEL=177" the delete key does not work. Hmmm...what do you expect the delete key to do? CI uses CTRL+H (the backspace key) to delete a character and CTRL+X to delete a line. The delete key may be sending octal 177 characters, but CI doesn't do anything with it. > 3) Is it possible to get an MPE V/E FOS tape image. Won't help, unfortunately, as the simulator won't run MPE-V/E. V/E requires two things that are not present: 1. An HP-IB I/O implementation, as introduced on the Series 33 and continued with later models. 2. A new set of I/O instructions that are tailored to the new I/O structure. Section 1.1 of the "HP 3000 Simulator UserĀ“s Guide" explains this in more detail. > I have 10 of the Interex Contributed Software Library (CSL/3000) > available but quite a few of the contributions won't work with V/R due > to system table changes. Stan Sieler was working on a library to supply some of the missing intrinsics from V/E on V/R. You might ask on the 3000 list to see if it would help in your case. -- Dave _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh