Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2019-06-24 20:09, Mark Pizzolato wrote: On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:36 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2019-06-24 15:12, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 23, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: ... As Tim mentioned, some of the hardware that is modeled did indeed allow arbitrary unit

Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-24 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 10:36 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > On 2019-06-24 15:12, Paul Koning wrote: > > > > > >> On Jun 23, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Mark Pizzolato > wrote: > >> > >> ... > >> As Tim mentioned, some of the hardware that is modeled did indeed > >> allow arbitrary unit numbers (via

Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2019-06-24 15:12, Paul Koning wrote: On Jun 23, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: ... As Tim mentioned, some of the hardware that is modeled did indeed allow arbitrary unit numbers (via plugs on the drive). Some 14 months ago support was added to provide per drive Unit plug values

Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-24 Thread Paul Koning
> On Jun 23, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > > ... > As Tim mentioned, some of the hardware that is modeled did indeed > allow arbitrary unit numbers (via plugs on the drive). > > Some 14 months ago support was added to provide per drive Unit plug > values to be set. This is

Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-23 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 6:53 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > I can't remember having any such issues, but then again I also can't > remember if I ever tried it with VAX. With PDP-11 it works without any > issues. > > This is, though, another slight silliness in simh. The limit to 4 disks > per

Re: [Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-23 Thread Johnny Billquist
I can't remember having any such issues, but then again I also can't remember if I ever tried it with VAX. With PDP-11 it works without any issues. This is, though, another slight silliness in simh. The limit to 4 disks per controller is very artificial. The UDA50, KDA50, and maybe some

[Simh] VAX emulator slow to configure extra disks

2019-06-23 Thread Jonathan Welch
A vax emulator I was configuring for a friend (MicroVAX 3900 simulator V4.0-0 Current git commit id: ab3e07a4) needs to mount more than four disks. The .INI file has set rqb enabled and an associated attach command. In my VMS startup disks are mounted very close to the beginning of the boot