Well done - congratulations! On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:36 AM, J. David Bryan <jdbr...@acm.org> wrote:
> The second release of the HP 3000 Series III simulator is now available > from the Computer History Simulation Project (SIMH) site: > > https://github.com/simh/simh > > This release adds a simulation of the HP 2607, 2613, 2617, and 2618 line > printers and supports the use of custom VFU tape images, as well as the > built-in HP-standard VFU tape. The full set of configurable options is > detailed in a new section of the HP 3000 Simulator User's Guide that is > provided in Microsoft Word format in the "doc" subdirectory of the code > base snapshot downloaded from the github site. A PDF version of the > updated manual is also available at: > > http://alum.mit.edu/www/jdbryan/hp3000_doc.pdf > > In addition, the preconfigured MPE-V/R disc image available from Bitsavers: > > http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/HP/HP_3000/ > > ...has been updated to add the following features: > > - The MPE cold load command files attach the line printer to the "lp.txt" > output file and specify the "-n" option to clear the file before use. > > - Preinstalled User-Defined Commands (UDCs) provide access to the COBOL > 74 compiler with the MPE-V/E :COBOLII, :COBOLIIPREP, and :COBOLIIGO > commands, and to the COBOL 85 compiler with :COBOLIIX, > :COBOLIIXPREP, and :COBOLIIXGO. However, note that the simulator > currently does not provide the HP 32234A COBOL II firmware > instructions, so programs generated by the COBOLII compiler will > abort at run time with "ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION" errors, limiting the > current utility of the compilers to syntax checking. > > Thanks once again go to Frank McConnell for providing the HP line printer > subsystems manuals that facilitated development of the new simulation, and > to Robert Mills for providing the COBOLII UDCs. > > -- Dave > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell
