Since the GUI code itself hasn't changed, it's possible that the simh scp code changed the way it handles the commands injected by the GUI. I may have time this weekend to look at it.
thanks for the heads up. brian On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Rich Alderson <[email protected] > wrote: > JAMES FEHLINGER <[email protected]> posted the following to the > ClassicCmp > mailing list. I don't see anyone forwarding it (yet). > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of JAMES FEHLINGER > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SimH IBM1130 GUI appears broken > > I originally attempted to post this to [email protected], > but they have a policy of automatically rejecting any messages from > non-subscribers, and as I only read that list via the Web > interface, it doesn't seem worth it to subscribe just in order to > post one message. However, I suspect that Brian Knittel and/or > Mark Pizzolato probably see stuff that's posted here too. > > --- > > Once upon a time (i.e., prior to early January, 2016), the > SimH IBM1130 GUI worked like this (on Windows): > > You start the simulator in a console window and issue the > commands (either manually or via a command file argument): > > ------------------------- > reset > detach prt > delete printer.txt > > att dsk0 dms.dsk > > att prt printer.txt > boot dsk > ------------------------- > > At this point, the simulator, after having booted the DMS > operating system, enters a "Wait state" and drops > back to the SimH prompt. The console window shows > (if you've started the simulator with the command file > argument "guijob" containing the above commands): > > ------------------------- > IBM 1130 Simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: e8ea427d > guijob-2> detach prt > Not attached > PRT: creating new file > Loaded DMS V2M12 cold start card > > Wait, IAR: 0000002A (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > sim> > ------------------------- > > The line printer icon in the GUI now "shows paper" which, > if you view it (thereby "tearing it off" and causing > the creation of a new printer file) will show the boot > message from DMS. > > At this point, you can submit a "job deck" by dragging a > file to the GUI's card reader icon -- e.g., one of the > decks from the software kit at ibm1130.org > (such as a job to print the LET [Location Equivalence Table] list.job, > a sample Fortran program for.job or one of the more substantial > Fortran programs like csort.job or swave.job, etc.) > > Each time you drag the "job deck" file over the GUI's > card reader icon, the depicted input tray "fills up" and > the console shows, e.g. > > sim> attach cr "C:\ibm1130\dms\list.job" > sim> > > You then click the green PROGRAM START button, the blinkenlights > flash briefly, the card reader "empties", the printer "shows paper" > (if it was empty beforehand) and, most significantly here, > **the simulator enters Wait state and drops back to its prompt > when the program has finished**. The console window now shows (e.g.) > > sim> attach cr "C:\ibm1130\dms\list.job" > sim> cont > Wait, IAR: 0000002A (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > sim> > > You can continue to submit jobs, without rebooting DMS, by dragging > a new deck to the card reader icon, and clicking PROGRAM START. > Each time, the simulator swallows the "cards", flashes the blinkenlights, > adds output to the line printer file, and enters Wait and drops > back to its prompt. > > The "git commit id" in the IBM1130.exe used for the above example is > e8ea427d from > https://github.com/simh/Win32-Development-Binaries archive > simh-4.0-Beta--2016-01-07-e8ea427d.zip (January 7, 2016). > > If I use the IBM1130.exe from the very next archive > simh-4.0-Beta--2016-01-29-b8049645.zip (January 29, 2016), I get > a different result (using the same file of startup commands): > > ------------------------- > IBM 1130 Simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: b8049645 > guijob-2> detach prt > Not attached > PRT: creating new file > Loaded DMS V2M12 cold start card > ------------------------- > > Here, the simulator has not entered a Wait state and dropped back > to a prompt. If I try to drag a "job deck" file to the card reader > icon, the attempt is rejected with a Windows error gong and > the card reader remains empty. > > I can get around this by performing the following: > > Click the red "IMM STOP" button. > > Drag the "job deck" file to the card reader icon. The reader > "fills up". > > In the console window, type "boot dsk" to re-boot DMS > (clicking PROGRAM START doesn't work here!), > The card reader empties, the blinkenlights flash and apparently > the program runs. However, the simulator does not enter > Wait state when the program is finished. (Nor can I click on > the lineprinter icon to "tear off" and view the results at this point.) > > However, if I again click the red "IMM STOP" button and then > click the lineprinter icon, I can see the results of the > program that just ran. Or, I can click IMM STOP, submit a > new job deck to the card reader, type "boot dsk" (you have > to re-boot DMS; PROGRAM START won't work!), > and the new program will run and add its results to the lineprinter output. > > The very latest Win32 build of IBM1130.exe, from > simh-4.0-Beta--2017-05-02-e9dea63b.zip (May 2, 2017) > exhibits slightly different (but still apparently broken) > behavior. > > When the startup command file executes, the initial result looks > correct (i.e., the same as the January 7, 2016 result above): > > ------------------------- > IBM 1130 Simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: e9dea63b > guijob-2> detach prt > Not attached > PRT: creating new file > Loaded DMS V2M12 cold start card > > Wait, IAR: 0000002A (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > sim> > ------------------------- > > Note that the simulator has entered the Wait state and dropped back > to its prompt, and you can now drag a job deck to the card reader > and start the program normally by clicking PROGRAM START. > > However, at this point the simulator reverts to the broken behavior > exhibited by the January 29, 2016 example above -- when the program is > finished running, the simulator does not enter Wait state and > drop back to a "sim>" prompt. The console window looks like: > > ------------------------- > IBM 1130 Simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: e9dea63b > guijob-2> detach prt > Not attached > PRT: creating new file > Loaded DMS V2M12 cold start card > > Wait, IAR: 0000002A (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > sim> cont > ------------------------- > > and the simulator remains unresponsive until the IMM STOP button > is pushed. Then we see: > > ------------------------- > IBM 1130 Simulator V4.0-0 Beta git commit id: e9dea63b > guijob-2> detach prt > Not attached > PRT: creating new file > Loaded DMS V2M12 cold start card > > Wait, IAR: 0000002A (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > sim> cont > > Immediate Stop key requested, IAR (4c80 BSC I ,00028 ) > ------------------------- > > At this point, the GUI becomes responsive again, and the > line printer output can be "torn off" and viewed, or a > new job can be dragged to the card reader. > > However, you cannot then use the PROGRAM START button to > start the new program. If you do, the simulator will issue > a "cont" command, but the card reader will not empty and > the new program will not run. > > You have to type "boot dsk" in the console window to reboot DMS. > At this point, the loaded card reader will empty by itself, > the new program will run, and the program's output will be added > to the lineprinter listing. > > For each additional job deck you want to run, you have to use > the IMM STOP, load card reader, "boot dsk" (reboot DMS) > sequence. > > So it appears something happened to break the normal functioning > of the 1130 GUI back in January of last year, which has not yet > been completely repaired. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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