After a frantic week of file exchanges, here is RC2. A lot has changed.
1. HP2100 updates completed, with new features and peripherals.
2. Many, many small file updates for nits found by compilers and static checkers.
3. A few genuine bugs fixed.
4. New makefile and MMS file.
A note on the makefile. It has almost doubled in size and attempts to ferret out PCAP locales properly, as well as do serious optimizations if gcc is used. It needs to be tested in more environments. If you run into issues, please report them to Mark Pizzolato as well as me.
The old makefile, updated for the extra files in the HP2100, is included as makefile_old. You can use that if the new makefile causes problems in your environment.
I'm still targeting a May Day release, with a final RC around Tax Day (April 15). That leaves times for one more interim RC, if needed.
At this point, I regard the release as feature-complete. Bug fixes are still fine.
The actual release will have all incomplete and beta simulators in a separate zip file, including Alpha, Sigma, Sage (the microcomputers, not the 50s anti-aircraft computer), and SC1, the SiCortex MIPS simulator.
There will be new releases of all the simulation tools as well.
/Bob
The makefile now works for Linux and most Unix's. Howevr, for Solaris
and MacOS, you must first export the OSTYPE environment variable:
> export OSTYPE
> make
Otherwise, you will get build errors.
1. New Features
1.1 3.8-0
1.1.1 SCP and Libraries
- BREAK, NOBREAK, and SHOW BREAK with no argument will set, clear, and
show (respectively) a breakpoint at the current PC.
1.1.2 GRI
- Added support for the GRI-99 processor.
1.1.3 HP2100
- Added support for the BACI terminal interface.
- Added support for RTE OS/VMA/EMA, SIGNAL, VIS firmware extensions.
1.1.4 Nova
- Added support for 64KW memory (implemented in third-party CPU's).
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added support for DC11, RC11, KE11A, KG11A.
- Added modem control support for DL11.
- Added ASCII character support for all 8b devices.
1.2 3.8-1
1.2.1 SCP and libraries
- Added capability to set line connection order for terminal multiplexers.
1.2.2 HP2100
- Added support for 12620A/12936A privileged interrupt fence.
- Added support for 12792C eight-channel asynchronous multiplexer.
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
The save/restore format has been updated to improve its reliability.
As a result, save files prior to release 3.0 are no longer supported.
The text documentation files are obsolete and are no longer included
with the distribution. Up-to-date PDF documentation files are
available on the SimH web site.
1. New Features
1.1 3.6-0
1.1.1 Most magnetic tapes
- Added support for limiting tape capacity to a particular size in MB
1.1.2 IBM 7090/7094
- First release
1.1.3 VAX-11/780
- Added FLOAD command, loads system file from console floppy disk
1.1.4 VAX, VAX-11/780, and PDP-11
- Added card reader support (from John Dundas)
1.1.5 PDP-11
- Added instruction history
2. Bugs Fixed
Please see the revision history on http://simh.trailing-edge.com or
in the source module sim_rev.h.
