Re: [Simh] Software, firmware, and friends

2017-03-16 Thread Timothe Litt
On 16-Mar-17 15:02, Seth Morabito wrote: > [I seem to have missed the original message from Bob, so replying > via Johnny's message.] > > On 2017-03-12 22:51, Bob Supnik wrote: >> In general, I am no longer a fan of "approximate" simulations. If you >> just use the spec and ignore the

Re: [Simh] Software, firmware, and friends

2017-03-16 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 16, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Seth Morabito wrote: > > ... but I > am seeing results that lead me to believe the manual is incorrect, or > more likely incomplete. (The manual, after all, is targeted at people > trying to write software for the WE32100, not people trying

Re: [Simh] Software, firmware, and friends

2017-03-16 Thread Seth Morabito
[I seem to have missed the original message from Bob, so replying via Johnny's message.] On 2017-03-12 22:51, Bob Supnik wrote: >In general, I am no longer a fan of "approximate" simulations. If you >just use the spec and ignore the implementation, then even if some >particular test case (VMS

Re: [Simh] Software, firmware, and friends

2017-03-12 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2017-03-12 22:51, Bob Supnik wrote: Well, I didn't have to ask for it, because I had it... ;) Without it, though, I could not have gotten the minute differences between the J-11 and the other PDP-11s correct. I know... :-) In general, I am no longer a fan of "approximate" simulations. If

Re: [Simh] Software, firmware, and friends

2017-03-12 Thread Bob Supnik
Well, I didn't have to ask for it, because I had it... ;) Without it, though, I could not have gotten the minute differences between the J-11 and the other PDP-11s correct. In general, I am no longer a fan of "approximate" simulations. If you just use the spec and ignore the implementation,