Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Nigel Horne
Peter, I can't get the idle detection to work - Simh hogs the CPU. I am using set cpu idle=netbsd. Try the simh_vax_cpu_idle patch I wrote. It is on sourceforge under the unofficial patches folder. Thanks for the idea. I looked and couldn't find it. Please could you supply the

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
The direct link is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/files/Unofficial%20Patches/3.8.1/simh_vax_cpu_idle.zip/download I've placed all that I can in the 'browse all files' On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Nigel Horne n...@bandsman.co.uk wrote: Peter, I can't get the idle

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Rick Murphy
At 06:14 AM 9/2/2010, Jason Stevens wrote: The direct link is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/files/Unofficial%20Patches/3.8.1/simh_vax_cpu_idle.zip/downloadhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/files/Unofficial%20Patches/3.8.1/simh_vax_cpu_idle.zip/download I've placed all that I

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Nigel Horne
On 02/09/10 11:14, Jason Stevens wrote: The direct link is here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/files/Unofficial%20Patches/3.8.1/simh_vax_cpu_idle.zip/download I tried that, but the patch fails: n...@packard:~/src/simhv38-1$ patch /home/njh/Download/foo/simh_vax_cpu_idle.diff

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
I've been maintaining the sourceforge stuff... And I've been collecting patches from people or posts, and putting them on the site, as before that I've been providing builds for anyone outside of the linux/win32 environments.. (speaking of which work FINALLY got me some OSX access so I'll be

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
I get the impression you should unzip with the -a flag to put the patch in your native CR/LF format. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Nigel Horne n...@bandsman.co.uk wrote: On 02/09/10 11:14, Jason Stevens wrote: The direct link is here:

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE: NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread Shoppa, Tim
Jason writes: How do we plan to keep SIMH alive, well maintained, and vibrant into the future ?  At the moment, known bugs and lacking functionality generate traffic on the mailing list.  Who owns the content on the SIMH web site, and who is responsible for keeping it up-to-date also ? I

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE:NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread Kay Dekker
Jason wrote: Would it be useful to have a documentation wiki with restricted/authenticated accounts for edit access (mainly to prevent spam bots) ? That sounds like a really good and useful idea. Kay ___ Simh mailing list

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE:NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
sounds good to me, I've been keeping some stuff here: http://gunkies.org/wiki/Category:SIMH_Tutorials http://gunkies.org/wiki/Category:SIMH_Tutorialsbut it would seem the people behind it, have let it follow into disrepair, as I haven't gotten any word back after a blatant spam attack... worst

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Nigel Horne
I have experience with sourceforge; I'm willing to offer my time and help as an admin on the project's sourceforge area if needed. -Nigel -- Nigel Horne. Arranger, Adjudicator, Band Trainer, Composer, Tutor, Typesetter. NJH Music, ICQ#20252325, twitter: @nigelhorne n...@bandsman.co.uk

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Richard
In article 4c7fcadd.90...@bandsman.co.uk, Nigel Horne n...@bandsman.co.uk writes: I have experience with sourceforge; I'm willing to offer my time and help as an admin on the project's sourceforge area if needed. Personally I'd be happy to see it migrate away from sourceforge as its

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Wilm Boerhout
Richard mentioned on 2-9-2010 18:13: In article4c7fcadd.90...@bandsman.co.uk, Nigel Hornen...@bandsman.co.uk writes: I have experience with sourceforge; I'm willing to offer my time and help as an admin on the project's sourceforge area if needed. Personally I'd be happy to see it

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Toby Thain
On 2-Sep-10, at 12:18 PM, Wilm Boerhout wrote: Richard mentioned on 2-9-2010 18:13: In article4c7fcadd.90...@bandsman.co.uk, Nigel Hornen...@bandsman.co.uk writes: I have experience with sourceforge; I'm willing to offer my time and help as an admin on the project's sourceforge area

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Richard
In article 4c7fce43.3020...@planet.nl, Wilm Boerhout w...@planet.nl writes: I'm not sure that releasing it into the open source ghetto of sourceforge is a good idea. If it were to be open sourced, github or codeplex would be a better place. -- The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline -- DirectX

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Richard
In article abd25b34-5aae-407d-807f-14921a98d...@telegraphics.com.au, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: How could it change the way the software is administered? That's entirely up to the owner(s). It's just a convenient place to distribute, track issues, etc. Well, it does

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Toby Thain
On 2-Sep-10, at 12:29 PM, Richard wrote: In article abd25b34-5aae-407d-807f-14921a98d...@telegraphics.com.au, Toby Thain t...@telegraphics.com.au writes: How could it change the way the software is administered? That's entirely up to the owner(s). It's just a convenient place to

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
Well the big thing that is needed is binary builds for other platforms, and some kind of a 'test suite' to really verify that these emulators work correctly. I've done what I can, but honestly I don't know all that much about these older platforms Maybe with a resurgence of interest we can

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE: NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread dott.Piergiorgio
Il 02/09/2010 14:15, Michael Kerpan ha scritto: There comes a time in the life of many long-term open source projects when the original maintainers can no longer be as active as they once were. The joy of open source, though, is that if that happens the community can continue to update the

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE: NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
I did have a basic port to SDL for the spacewar thing, I need to finalize the palette and bring it up to the 3.8-1 release... Somehow I got distracted with a copy of UnixWare for some reason On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM, dott.Piergiorgio dott.piergior...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Il

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE: NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread dott.Piergiorgio
Il 02/09/2010 20:13, Jason Stevens ha scritto: I did have a basic port to SDL for the spacewar thing, I need to finalize the palette and bring it up to the 3.8-1 release... Somehow I got distracted with a copy of UnixWare for some reason eh finalizing the palette can be rather

[Simh] DECtape marks issue????????

2010-09-02 Thread Rich Alderson
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:08:01 +0200 From: dott.Piergiorgio dott.piergior...@fastwebnet.it (looking to the DECTape marks issue, for example) What is the DECtape marks issue? The DECtape emulation in SimH does not simulate the mark track on a DECtape, so I don't understand how there could be

[Simh] OSX builds

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
ok now that I've finally gotten my hands on 10.6.3 I've built i386/x86_64/ppc7400 builds for everything I tested what I could and it seems to work. If anyone else can verify so that I don't have a repeat of that 10.4.5 disaster... ___ Simh mailing

Re: [Simh] OSX builds

2010-09-02 Thread Gregg Levine
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Jason Stevens neoz...@gmail.com wrote: ok now that I've finally gotten my hands on 10.6.3 I've built i386/x86_64/ppc7400 builds for everything I tested what I could and it seems to work. If anyone else can verify so that I don't have a repeat of that 10.4.5

Re: [Simh] OSX builds

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
I've always been under the impression that Net/Free OpenBSD users either use their local package system to get stuff, or are capable to build their own binaries... Otherwise, on the sourceforge page, when it detects your OS, it should shuffle you to the appropriate OS.. It has hooks for OSX,

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Armistead, Jason
Previously, Nigel Hornen...@bandsman.co.uk wrote: and SIMH, originally, was not open source in the sense that any responsible programmer could contribute. The quality of the software and the ultimate decision on released functionality was always in the hands of Bob S. And a mighty fine job

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project (was RE: NetBSD5.0.2)

2010-09-02 Thread J. David Bryan
On Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 8:00, Armistead, Jason wrote: So what *IS* the future for SIMH ? This may add some light: http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh-dev/2010-August/002442.html -- Dave

Re: [Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

2010-09-02 Thread Richard
In article aanlkti=pn4fgn2nhykvpnfedri98bfw2p0x1ziw9n...@mail.gmail.com, Jason Stevens neoz...@gmail.com writes: Sourceforge is at least 'established', and it does provide world wide mirroring, and hell it's FREE which IMHO is a 'good thing'. The other nice thing is that you don't need

Re: [Simh] NetBSD5.0.2

2010-09-02 Thread Jason Stevens
Well getting back to the start of the thread, what I've done here is regressed the idle code to include an OLDVMS option which set the idle timings and hook to the old pre 3.8-1 levels, allowing things like 4.2 BSD, and other BSD's to idle correctly. Note that this is *FAR* from tested, as I