Running TOPS-20 V4.1 under SIMH
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The tape image can be downloaded from here: http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/bb-d867e-bm_tops20_v41_2020_instl.tap.bz2
Naturally you'll need the PDP-10 emulator from SIMH. You can download pre-compiled binaries from the sourceforge page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simh/
With SIMH 3.8-0 I'm using the followinng as my install.ini unlike the following example from 2001...
set cpu tops-20 d wru 006 att tu i.tap set rp rp06 att rp t20.dsk boot tu
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I've gotten all the way through a TOPS-20 V4.1 installation on simh,
but not without some caveats.
To start with, this log is produced with the next version of the
simulator, which includes logging. It also includes a shortcut for
dealing with the TOPS-20 V4.1 boot problem:
sim> set cpu tops20v41
catches the bad WRCSTM in the boot process. To do this by hand,
sim> d break 7
sim> BOOT TU or RP
Breakpoint at PC: 000007
sim> d 40127 770000000000
sim> c
The first part of the installation (up to the reboot) works just as
stated in the manuals. After the reboot, things aren't so clean:
------
sim> log t20.txt
Logging to file "t20.txt"
sim> d wru 006
sim> att tu c:\temp\tops20_v41_i.tap
sim> set rp rp06
sim> set cpu t20V41
sim> att rp t20.dsk
sim> boot tu
MTBOOT>/L
MTBOOT>/G143
[FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TYPE "?" TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS.]
DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE FILE SYSTEM ON THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE?
Y
DO YOU WANT TO DEFINE THE PUBLIC STRUCTURE? Y
HOW MANY PACKS ARE IN THIS STRUCTURE: 1
ON WHICH "CHANNEL,UNIT" IS LOGICAL PACK # 0 MOUNTED: 0,0
DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SWAPPING SPACE? Y
DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE FRONT END FILE SYSTEM? Y
DO YOU WANT THE DEFAULT SIZE BOOTSTRAP AREA? Y
[STRUCTURE "PS" SUCCESSFULLY DEFINED]
[PS MOUNTED]
?PS UNIT 0 HAS NO BAT BLOCKS.
DO YOU WANT TO WRITE A SET OF PROTOTYPE BAT BLOCKS? Y
%%NO SETSPD
System restarting, wait...
ENTER CURRENT DATE AND TIME: 19-MAY-2001 11:13
YOU HAVE ENTERED SATURDAY, 19-MAY-2001 11:13AM,
IS THIS CORRECT (Y,N) Y
WHY RELOAD? INSTALLATION
<SYSTEM>ACCOUNTS-TABLE.BIN NOT FOUND - ACCOUNT VALIDATION IS
DISABLED
RUNNING DDMP
NO SYSJOB
NO EXEC [## Hit CTRL-C here]
MX>GET FILE MTA0:
INTERRUPT AT 0
MX>GET FILE MTA0:
MX>START
TOPS-20 Command processor 5.1(1354)
@ENABLE (CAPABILITIES)
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DLUSER>LOAD (FROM FILE) MTA0:
DONE.
DLUSER>EXIT
$RUN (PROGRAM) MTA0:
DUMPER>TAPE (DEVICE) MTA0:
DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SYSTEM>*.*.*
DUMPER tape # 1, "SYSTEM files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1721
End of saveset
DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<SUBSYS>*.*.*
DUMPER tape # 1, "SUBSYS files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1723
End of saveset
DUMPER>RESTORE (TAPE FILES) PS:<*>*.*.* (TO) PS:<UETP.LIB>*.*.*
DUMPER tape # 1, "UETP files for TOPS-20 V4.1", Thursday,
7-Apr-83 1726
End of saveset
DUMPER>EXIT
$UNLOAD (DEVICE) MTA0:
$INFORMATION (ABOUT) DISK-USAGE (OF DIRECTORY) PS:<*>
PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>
59 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<ACCOUNTS>
4 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<NEW-SUBSYS>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<NEW-SYSTEM>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<OPERATOR>
0 Pages assigned
250 Working pages, 250 Permanent pages allowed
PS:<SPOOL>
0 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<SUBSYS>
2595 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<SYSTEM>
2685 Pages assigned
+INF Working pages, +INF Permanent pages allowed
PS:<UETP>
0 Pages assigned
100000 Working pages, 100000 Permanent pages allowed
PS:<UETP.LIB>
1712 Pages assigned
4000 Working pages, 4000 Permanent pages allowed
PS:<UETP.RUN>
0 Pages assigned
500 Working pages, 500 Permanent pages allowed
Total of 7055 Pages assigned, in 11 directories.
62563 Pages free on PS:, 13437 pages used.
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$COPY (FROM) 2020-MONMED.EXE.1 (TO) MONITR.EXE
2020-MONMED.EXE.1 => MONITR.EXE.1 [OK]
$TERMINAL (MODE IS) NO RAISE
$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) monnam.txt
TTY: => MONNAM.TXT.1
Simh TOPS-20 V4.1
^Z
$copy (FROM) tty: (TO) TAPNAM.TXT
TTY: => TAPNAM.TXT.1
SIMH-V41
^Z
$terminal (MODE IS) raise
$CREATE (FILE) 4-1-CONFIG.CMD
Input: 4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1
00100 !TERMINAL SPEEDS
00200 !CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
00300 TERMINAL 1-40 SPEED 0
00400 DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
00500 DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
00600 DEFINE HLP: SYS:
00700 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
00800 PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
00900 TIMEZONE 5
01000 BIAS 8
01100 ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
01200 $
*EU
[4-1-CONFIG.CMD.1]
$TYPE (FILE) <SYSTEM>4-1-CONFIG.CMD
!TERMINAL SPEEDS
!CURRENTLY, DZ11'S ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
TERMINAL 1-32 SPEED 0
DEFINE NEW: PS:<NEW>,SYS:
DEFINE OLD: PS:<OLD>,SYS:
DEFINE HLP: SYS:
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE VFU SYS:NORMAL.VFU
PRINTER 0 LOWERCASE RAM SYS:LP96.RAM
TIMEZONE 5
BIAS 8
ENABLE TAPE-DRIVE-ALLOCATION
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<OPERATOR>
[Old]
$$PASSWORD DEC-20
$$USER-GROUP (NUMBER) 100
$$IPCF
$$
$^ECREATE (DIRECTORY NAME) PS:<REMARKS>
[New]
$$
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SUBSYS>
$CREATE (FILE) LPFORM.INI
Input: LPFORM.INI.1
00100 NORMAL/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1
00200 NARROW/BANNER:1/HEADER:1/TRAILER:1/WIDTH:80
00300 $
*EU
[LPFORM.INI.1]
$CONNECT (TO DIRECTORY) PS:<SYSTEM>
$RUN (PROGRAM) SMFILE
DECSYSTEM 2020 DIAGNOSTICS FE-FILE PROGRAM
VERSION 0.3, TOPS-20, KS10, CPU#=4097
[FOR HELP TYPE "HELP"]
SMFILE>WRITE SETUP PS:<ROOT-DIRECTORY>BOOTSTRAP.BIN
SMFILE>WRITE RESET
SMFILE>READ KS10.ULD
SMFILE>SERIAL 4097
SMFILE>WRITE CRAM
SMFILE>WRITE BOOT SMBOOT.EXE
SMFILE>WRITE DONE
[HOME BLOCKS SET]
SMFILE>OUTPUT CRAM PS:<SYSTEM>KS10.RAM
SMFILE>OUTPUT MTBOOT SMMTBT.EXE PS:<SYSTEM>MTBOOT.RDI
SMFILE>EXIT
$ [## HIT CTRL-F HERE]
Simulation stopped, PC: 000003 (SOJG 2,3)
sim> set fe stop
sim> c
**HALTED**
HALT instruction, PC: 010754 (JSR 0,5335)
sim> exit
Goodbye
Log file closed
