Re: [Simh] Configuration limitations

2018-04-14 Thread Anders Magnusson
Den 2018-04-13 kl. 21:55, skrev Rich Alderson: From: Johnny Billquist Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:24:41 +0200 On 2018-04-12 23:49, Bob Supnik wrote: Enforcing configuration restrictions (for example, no mixing of disks and tapes on the same channel) is yet more work. Uh...

Re: [Simh] Configuration limitations

2018-04-13 Thread Rich Alderson
> From: Johnny Billquist > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 02:24:41 +0200 > On 2018-04-12 23:49, Bob Supnik wrote: >> Enforcing configuration restrictions (for example, no mixing of disks >> and tapes on the same channel) is yet more work. > Uh... Which should not be done to start

Re: [Simh] Configuration limitations

2018-04-12 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2018-04-12 23:49, Bob Supnik wrote: SimH's intended purpose was to run historical software in furtherance of computer education. It was not intended as a perfectly accurate emulation of every detail of every architecture. There are compromises in the design to simplify implementation.

[Simh] Configuration limitations

2018-04-12 Thread Bob Supnik
SimH's intended purpose was to run historical software in furtherance of computer education. It was not intended as a perfectly accurate emulation of every detail of every architecture. There are compromises in the design to simplify implementation. One of those, dating back to its