FYI, the latest simh available from https://github.com/simh/simh/master.zip
shows more detail about the console PCHAR setting:
sim> show console pchar
pchar mask = 1000023640 {ESC,CR(^M),LF(^J),HT(^I),BS(^H),BEL(^G),ENQ(^E)}
sim>
The PCHAR setting influences output for characters with values < 0x20 (Space).
From: Simh [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Ambrose
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 5:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Simh] Questions about VT emulation
Follow up question then....
The value of the pchars option is 23600, is this octal? Hex? Decimal?
If I want to pass all characters then I would need a value of 37777777777
octal….
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From: Simh [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2017 8:27 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Simh] Questions about VT emulation
The pchar mask is to tell which characters are let through on the console port.
It's "printable characters".
Essentially, characters not in that mask just gets dropped without being
printed.
Will it affect escape sequences? Yes, if the escape character, or any other
character in that sequence are among the characters filtered out, then you will
not what you might be expecting.
As for "usable VT emulators", it all depends on what your expectations and
demands are.
Pretty much any terminal emulator will have some level of VT emulation in
there. But most of them have some bugs somewhere or another.
It you are really picky, then the only one I've found acceptable is xterm, and
the actual DEC terminal emulator in Pathworks.
But for most people, something like Putty works well enough.
Johnny
On 2017-05-27 04:27, Joe Ambrose wrote:
> Hi Y'all !!!
>
> I am trying to set up a PDP-11 emulation using RT-11.....
>
> I've set up a remote telnet console and I'd like to find out what VT
> emulatior you find that works.
> Here's my config file....
>
> set console telnet=1111
> set cpu 11/23+ 256K
> attach LPT lpt.txt
> set rl0 writeenabled
> set rl0 rl02
> attach rl0 rl0.dsk
> boot rl0
>
> When I sh console... this is what I get....
>
> PDP-11 simulator V3.9-0
> Listening on port 1111 (socket 136)
> Disabling CR
> Waiting for console Telnet connection
> rt11.ini> boot rl0
> Simulation stopped
> sim> sh console
> WRU = 5
> BRK = 0
> DEL = 10
> pchar mask = 23600
> Logging disabled
> Listening on port 1111
> Debug output disabled
>
> My question is about the pchar mask.
> What's it for?
> Will it affect the escape sequences I need to emulate a VT?
>
> Any help is much appreciated!
>
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