19 Jan
2011
19 Jan
'11
11:42 a.m.
Charles Morris wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has tried to run TSX-Plus
under SIMH?
I can't think of a reason for your asking this question unless you have
attempted to
run under SIMH and it does not work. With that assumption, have you
tried under
Ersatz-11 to see if you have a system (of files on your PC that hold the
RT-11 base
system which you are using to boot into TSX-Plus) that works correctly
as opposed
to a system that will not run either RT-11 or TSX-Plus?
Thanks to another list member, I was able to obtain a
copy of the
version 6.50 distribution (on "simulated floppy"). It took me all
Personally, I tend to use KED under RT-11 as a full screen editor to
look at or modify
files. Fortunately, under Ersatz-11, ALL of the KEYPAD keys work
correctly, so
there is no problem. Perhaps under SIMH that is not the case?
afternoon to re-learn how to use EDIT (which *really*
makes you
appreciate modern full-screen editors!) and modify TSGEN.MAC. I set it
up to match the existing settings of my DLV11/16D card (whichappears
as two DLV11's). TSGEN assembles without errors.
Ersatz-11 also supports multiple DLV11-J cards as well as DHV11 and
DZV11 cards.
There are some linker errors though, but the manual
says at least some
of them are to be expected.
I copied the new TSX files and RT11SJ 4.0 over to the simulated RL02
and boot from it. RT-11 boots normally. But when attempting to execute
TSX.SAV, SIMH gives an error and halts...
There might be a problem with V04.00 of RT-11 as far as TSX-Plus is
concerned. If
I remember correctly, TSX-Plus might limit you use of certain hardware
devices
depending on which version of RT-11 you boot from.
I can't see anything wrong with the system
generation but it's a lot
of work to create a pack with VTServer for the new hardware if it's
got a bug. I'm wondering if SIMH can't handle the time-sharing stuff
or lack of a simulated DHV11 card. Any thoughts?
Just again that TSX-Plus may object to which RT-11 version is being
used. Since it will be
so easy (as far as I know for myself) to download V05.03 of RT-11 and us
it to boot
TSX-Plus, that may be you next test to try.
Jerome Fine