Hi Brian, Since I changed something that broke this, and James's problem report includes enough detail to demonstrate the problem I'll take a crack at this first. I'll let you know directly.
- Mark On May 4, 2017 11:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: JAMES FEHLINGER <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: SimH IBM1130 GUI appears broken I originally attempted to post this to [email protected]<mailto:[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<http://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]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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