Because the Sysgen failed (in the past) when I did it on Open simh, and on a whim I successfully, completed it using regular simh. I did the Sysgen using PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current. However I run it with Open Simh.
sim> sh version
PDP-11 simulator Open SIMH V4.1-0 CurrentI just have to point out that the simh used with the PiDP-11, is some custom version.
I pointed out previously that many standard commands, that are in the Help, don’t even work…
sim> pwd
Unknown command
sim> help pwd
PDP-11 help. Type <CR> to exit, HELP for navigation help
PWD
PWD
Display the current working directory:
PDP-11 Commands Controlling Simulator Operating Environment Working Directory?
Working Directory
Additional information available:
CD SET_DEFAULT PWD
So today I tried it under regular simh… and it works!
I1/2
Password:
Job 1 is detached under this account
Job number to attach to?
1 other user is logged in under this account
Ready
Simulation stopped, PC: 041662 (SOB R1,41660)
sim> sho version
PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current
Simulator Framework Capabilities:
32b data
32b addresses
Threaded Ethernet Packet transports:PCAP:TAP:VDE:NAT:UDP
Idle/Throttling support is available
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support
RAW disk and CD/DVD ROM support
Asynchronous I/O support (Lock free asynchronous event queue)
Asynchronous Clock support
FrontPanel API Version 15
Host Platform:
Compiler: GCC 11.4.0
Simulator Compiled as C arch: x64 (Release Build) on Jun 27 2024 at 19:58:11
Build Tool: simh-makefile-single-compile
Memory Access: Little Endian
Memory Pointer Size: 64 bits
Large File (>2GB) support
SDL Video support: SDL Version 2.0.20, PNG Version 1.6.37, zlib: 1.2.11
PCRE RegEx (Version 8.39 2016-06-14) support for EXPECT commands
OS clock resolution: 1ms
Time taken by msleep(1): 1ms
EditLine Version: 4.2
Ethernet packet info: NAT, TAP, VDE, UDP, PCAP: libpcap version 1.10.1 (with TPACKET_V3)
Built on OS: Linux bill-MS-7B79 5.15.0-113-generic #123-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 10 08:16:17 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Running on OS: Linux bill-MS-7B79 5.15.0-130-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 18 17:59:53 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Processor Name: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
Architecture: x86_64, Cores: 6, Logical Processors: 12
tar tool: tar (GNU tar) 1.34
curl tool: curl 7.81.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.18
git commit id: b6f02f3e
git commit time: 2024-03-29T08:18:37-10:00
sim> Being that their own instructions say “In short, read the two simh
manuals: the general simh manual and the simh-PDP11 manual.”, They don’t say anything like ours behaves differently. I have to assume the problem is with their customized version of simh… not my RSTS disk. Perhaps it’s because it’s the ARM version. IDK!
OK I just drug the ssh PiDP11 screen down (because it doesn’t allow me to scroll back) and I was able to see at least the version, it’s based on.
Simulation stopped, PC: 000400 (JMP (R5))
sim> sh version
PDP-11 simulator V4.0-0 Current REALCONS build Dec 18 2023
Simulator Framework Capabilities:
32b data
32b addresses
Threaded Ethernet Packet transports:PCAP:TAP:NAT:UDP
Idle/Throttling support is available
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) support
RAW disk and CD/DVD ROM support
FrontPanel API Version 12
Host Platform:
Compiler: GCC 12.2.0
Simulator Compiled as C arch: ARM (Release Build) on Dec 18 2023 at 22:37:55
Memory Access: Little Endian
Memory Pointer Size: 32 bits
Large File (>2GB) support
SDL Video support: SDL Version 2.26.5
No RegEx support for EXPECT commands
OS clock resolution: 1ms
Time taken by msleep(1): 1ms
OS: Linux pidp-1170-p4 6.6.62+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.62-1+rpt1 (2024-11-25) aarch64 GNU/Linux
git commit time: $Format:%aI$
Just for laughs, I added set tu enable to the regular rsts boot ini and it failed and went right to the simh> prompt
So it seems my best bet is to cross my fingers, and hope it works on a later version.