Hello First off thanks for some great software - I've been using SIMH for some years to learn about various systems-of-yore and it's great..
Anyhow - I'm attempting to use the tops10-1.4.tar.bz2 system image from: http://www.steubentech.com/~talon/pdp10/tops10-1.4.tar.bz2 http://www.steubentech.com/~talon/pdp10/readme.txt to read one of the decuslib tapes - specifically: decuslib10-02.tap from http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/decuslib10-02.tap.bz2 I keep getting the following error message from backup: /tape mta0 ?BKPCOM Can't OPEN mag tape and, not being versed in the intricacies of PDP-10 tape I am not sure where the problem might lie - and before I start stepping through the emulation code to try and figure it out, wondering if anyone could read over my transcript and let me know if they think there there has been some regression, or let me know the obvious thing I'm doing wrong.. I've tried older simh, the backup10 Unix utilities, setting all of the simh tape formats from the pdp10 monitor and have not been able to get anything to work.. Also - I tried to read the 2 tapes in the tops10-1.4.tar.bz2 archive - which, given their inclusion with the working disk images, I assume, work - test-sys/BB-D480C-SB_1981.tap test-sys/advent.tap with similar simh tape combinations to no avail - which I'd think would rule out the possiblity of a corrupted decuslib tape being the solitary problem.. Haven't tried another image yet.. pondering that but thought I'd check here first.. Help welcome and thanks! - Chris
Script started on Sun Aug 29 20:16:46 2010 [0;32m$ ls BB-D480C-SB_1981.tap dskb.dsk readme.txt advent.tap dskc.dsk test.cbl ccobol.txt forots.txt test.exe changelog.txt kermit.txt test.lis decuslib10-02.tap printer.out [0;32m$ nice -n +20 simh-psp dp10 PDP-10 simulator V3.8-0 sim> set dz 8b sim> set tim y2k sim> att rp0 dskb.dsk sim> att rp1 dskc.dsk sim> att lp20 printer.out sim> att -am dz 2020 Listening on port 2020 (socket 6) Modem control activated Auto disconnect activated sim> att tu0 decuslib10-02.tap sim> att tu1 advent.tap sim> show tu TU, address=3772440-3772473, vector=224, 8 units TU0, attached to decuslib10-02.tap, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU1, attached to advent.tap, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU2, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU3, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU4, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU5, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU6, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity TU7, not attached, write enabled, SIMH format, unlimited capacity sim> BOOT sim> boot rp BOOT V3(47) BOOT> [Loading from DSKB:SYSTEM.EXE[1,4]] VNW 10-14-99 Why reload: SCHED Date: ? Please type today's date as MON-DD(-YY) AUG-30-10 Please type today's date as MON-DD(-YY) AUG-30-2010 Time: 01:18 Startup option: GO [Rebuilding the system search list from the HOMe blocks] [Rebuilding the active swapping list from the HOMe blocks] [Rebuilding the system dump list from the HOMe blocks] VNW 01:18:03 CTY system 4097 Connected to Node (0) Line # 12 Welcome to TOPS-10 7.03 Steuben Technologies Distribution Revision 1.4 Installed software: BASIC,COBOL(68 and 74), FORTRAN, ALGOL10A ,BLISS-36 V4.2, SORT, RMS, APLSFV2,KERMIT(K10MIT 3(136)), SED DBMS V5A, IQL3A V30, Message System V11CK, HAUNT, ADVENT Although the software is installed, not all of it is tested. and some of it like DBMS and the message system needs to be set up. refer to the software notebooks and the documents on the distrobution tape extracted files for the products you need. at pdp-10.trailing-edge.com For more information,updates and to report bugs or make comments please go to http://www.steubentech.com/~talon/pdp10 or email me at [email protected] to login as a normal user type login public to login as operator login as 1,2 password mcp to run advent type r dsk:adv under the public account (42,42) to remove this message login as 1,2 and delete sys:notice.txt .LOGIN 1,2 .R OPSER [OPRPAF Processing auto command file] ?OPRALF LOOKUP failure 0 * [CCPWFD Waiting for file daemon to start] %%TTY STOMPER - Starting ^C .kjob [LGTOUL Other users logged-in under [1,2]] Job 2 User OPSER [1,2] Logged-off CTY at 1:18:29 on 30-Aug-10 Runtime: 0:00:00, KCS:0, Connect time: 0:00:25 Disk Reads:196, Writes:2, Blocks saved:0 .login 1,2 Job 2 VNW CTY [LGNJSP Other jobs same PPN] [LGNLAS Last access to [1,2] succeeded on 29-Aug-10:18:30:43] 01:18 30-Aug-10 Monday .r opr OPR> 1:18:20 -- Begin auto take file -- File: SYS:SYSTEM.CMD[3,3] 1:18:20 -- End auto take file -- 8 lines processed 1:18:20 -- [SYSTEM]CATALOG error -- Input error reading DSKB:MTALST.SYS[1,4]; End of file 1:18:20 -- [SYSTEM]CATALOG error -- Input error reading DSKB:DTALST.SYS[1,4]; End of file 1:18:20 Batch-Stream 0 -- Started -- 1:18:20 Batch-Stream 1 -- Started -- 1:18:20 Batch-Stream 2 -- Started -- 1:18:21 Printer 0 -- Started -- OPR>show status tape-drive /all OPR> 1:18:54 -- Tape Drive Status -- Drive Trk Status AVR Density ------ --- ----------- --- ------------- MTA000 9 Free Yes 800/1600 MTA001 9 Free Yes 800/1600 MTA002 9 Free Yes 800/1600 MTA003 9 Free Yes 800/1600 OPR>exit .r backup /tape mta0 ?BKPCOM Can't OPEN mag tape /tape mta1 ?BKPCOM Can't OPEN mag tape /quit exit .kjob [LGTOUL Other users logged-in under [1,2]] Job 2 User OPERATOR [1,2] Logged-off CTY at 1:19:35 on 30-Aug-10 Runtime: 0:00:00, KCS:9, Connect time: 0:01:03 Disk Reads:516, Writes:4, Blocks saved:0 .
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