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2024-05-13
03:08
Fixes to get things building again on my pi. Pruned a couple superfluous lines I'd previously made in auto.def. TODO: See if I can get pidp8i-test blinking lights again. Leaf check-in: 6fb29f08a2 user: poetnerd tags: pi5
00:26
Split out the gpio stuff so that it does not build on non-Pi Platforms unless forced with a new binary option "force-pidp8i". Required adding a bunch of #ifdef PIDP8I in SIMH/PDP8/pdp8_cpu.c. Ripped out the bcm_host stuff because I think it's invalid for pinctrl. Passes tests on the Mac. Now let's see what I broke on the Pi side. TODO: Clean up what are probably messy approaches in auto.def check-in: d0a4868e9b user: poetnerd tags: pi5
2024-05-12
18:16
Took an updated pinctrl from upstream. Removed use of pinctrl.o. We don't seem to need it, and so we don't need to remove main etc. from it. Rolled back my change to gpiochip.h. Going to disable gpio builds on non-pi platforms. check-in: 1bf02a37f0 user: poetnerd tags: pi5
2024-05-11
02:51
Not sure how gpio-common.c.in compiled looking in the wrong place for gpiolib.h check-in: b0c3043c04 user: poetnerd tags: pi5
2024-05-10
22:21
Additional work to teach scanswitch about includes from src/pinctrl. check-in: 8d899e3b5f user: poetnerd tags: pi5
21:38
Teach Makefile.in about pinctrl includes check-in: d70f7b1975 user: poetnerd tags: pi5
21:12
First attempt to integrate new gpio handler from Oscar Vermeulen. Won't build on the Mac because pinctrl.c uses non-portable reallocarray. Gotta fix that. check-in: b468cd1c6f user: poetnerd tags: pi5
2024-04-21
23:14
Create new branch named "pi5" check-in: c877fedf8b user: poetnerd tags: pi5
2024-03-18
15:53
Broken URL fixes Leaf check-in: a555587cd1 user: tangent tags: trunk
15:16
Link made to work only under "fossil ui" now works under other hosting check-in: 024c80d686 user: tangent tags: trunk
2024-03-14
05:20
Removed the test for the pidp8i-test -v flag. It was added in 20170401 with the intent of printing the software configuration string and exiting, but it no longer works, if it ever did. check-in: 24803b41aa user: tangent tags: trunk
2024-02-08
21:09
Using the new Pikchr diamond primitive in the contribution guide's commit flowchart. check-in: d1b190b233 user: tangent tags: trunk
2023-04-30
16:28
Added notes on defects found in YAHTZE.BA. check-in: 416088d7ea user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2023-03-06
04:32
Add more debug output to os8-progtest Refine basic-games.yml because a race condition broke it on M2 Macs. I think this refinement will be definitive. Fingers crossed. check-in: c124f7a6e7 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2022-12-24
18:53
Correct attribution of SIMH hack to Kyle Owen check-in: 6019a1e1a7 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2022-10-15
09:43
Markdown formatting fix check-in: b56241f7d7 user: tangent tags: trunk
2022-10-13
03:03
Installing os8-cp after os8-run in "make install" check-in: 6beed7df47 user: tangent tags: trunk
2022-07-04
12:28
Grammar tweak check-in: 0ef5a18707 user: tangent tags: trunk
2022-01-08
02:55
Typo fix check-in: ef142cdc8e user: tangent tags: trunk
02:51
Updated SIMH to get Rick Murphy's FPP bug fix. check-in: b74012df75 user: tangent tags: trunk
2022-01-02
01:37
Small tweak to "clone" language in the contributing guide check-in: 96307b81e3 user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-12-20
17:21
Merged CONTRIBUTING.md changes in Leaf check-in: 6c073bdde3 user: tangent tags: cycle-realistic
17:21
Fixed an obvious bug in the new material added to src/pidp8i/main.c.in check-in: 8689b4ae5c user: tangent tags: cycle-realistic
17:20
Merged cycle-accurate branch tips together. check-in: f5d7f8b691 user: tangent tags: cycle-realistic
17:05
Typographic tweak check-in: ef267a71d2 user: tangent tags: trunk
17:04
Simplified the tail end of "Getting Started with Fossil" now that the 1.x versus 2.x crisis point is years in the past. check-in: 82951c6a5a user: tangent tags: trunk
16:58
Rewrote the list of starting points in the "Getting Started with Fossil" section of the contribution guide. check-in: 4a054cc15d user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-12-11
19:48
Here is the cycle-realistic version. For some reason, Fossil is not picking up some changes to pidp8i.h as well. This is needed in pidp8i.h: typedef enum { pft_stopped, /* the cpu is not running */ pft_running, /* the cpu is running */ pft_go, /* the cpu is (re-) starting from being stopped */ pft_exit /* exit(ing) SIMH */ } pidp8i_flow_t; check-in: 03fb9d8dc5 user: stevet tags: cycle-realistic
2021-12-04
21:20
First apparently working version of the cycle-realistic PiDP-8/I. This makes the Sing Step switch on the PiDP-8/I front panel behave the same as on a real -8 (subject to a minor risk that MA and MB may not be 100% correct in all major states). See the thread "New, experimental, (hopefully) cycle-realistic version of the PiDP-8/I" in the user group for more information about how to use it. check-in: 241d799d53 user: stevet tags: cycle-realistic
21:11
Create new branch named "cycle-realistic" check-in: 53974b1c29 user: stevet tags: cycle-realistic
2021-11-16
02:34
Calling udevadm from the "make install-system" target via a relative path since the upstream OSes keep moving it about. It's been found in /sbin, /bin and /usr/bin! check-in: 870c65f831 user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-11-09
01:16
First version of fixes. "Why are the ILS equations now not symmetrical excepting the scaling factor?" https://tangentsoft.com/pidp8i/tktview?name=135d14a0c2 "Extremely low throttle values cause blinky display" https://tangentsoft.com/pidp8i/tktview?name=b8d9865f31 Perhaps also "ILS brightness takes seconds to settle at low throttle values" https://tangentsoft.com/pidp8i/tktview?name=26cc6b3614 In the initial test version I deliberately exaggerated the rise and decay delays just so that people testing this are convinced this is really still doing a "lamp" simulation. Perhaps one should make those settings user configurable anyway. Still to do: fix some code indentation, check if there are comments that are no longer describing the current code, check if the timing of the switch management is still ok. Leaf check-in: 44e6476477 user: HBEggenstein tags: led-update-fixes
00:09
Begin branch to fix some LED update issues: -prevent excessive undersampling of the LED states especially with high (unthrottled) instructions-per-second rates -speed up the ILS thread by reducing the number of GPIO switching -fix a bug in the calculation of the target brightness when the number of sampled instructions is rel. low (say < 100) -improve double buffering of LED "display" : swap displays only when updates were made (helps with extremly aggressive throttling) check-in: febe31baea user: HBEggenstein tags: led-update-fixes
2021-11-08
23:33
Begin branch to fix some issues related to the LED panel display Leaf check-in: 556e1a6952 user: HBEggenstein tags: bogus, led-fixes
2021-10-31
22:41
in order to check whether a deposit is made to nonexistent memory, the memory size need to be passed now in the handle_flow_control_switches function. Now the code even compiles.. Leaf check-in: 01aa183fda user: HBEggenstein tags: fix-dep-exam-ignore-if
20:15
Begin branch with fix for bug : "Deposit and Exam limited to first 4096 words" check-in: ccf47d95d4 user: HBEggenstein tags: fix-dep-exam-ignore-if
2021-10-23
14:16
I2CB: build process, documentation improvements As this feature is still experimental and to allow the continuous integration to build the simh executable without th installed dependencies (libi2cd), the I2CB device logic is not included in the build by default for now, but configure offers the --i2c-bridge option to enable it, provided the libi2cd lib and header file can be found. Leaf check-in: 36a77478e0 user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
2021-10-18
07:54
I2CB: reformatted source code, added some documentation, changed (C) remark as per Warren Young's feedback check-in: 3a58bc038e user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
00:38
Restored a space present in an upstream SIMH file to prevent a pointless merge conflict. check-in: fab3f7655b user: tangent tags: i2c-bridge-device
00:25
Began a new ChangeLog entry with this branch's contribution as its first entry. check-in: bf5d1b8113 user: tangent tags: i2c-bridge-device
00:04
Removed the "PiDP add" and "PiDP end" comments. Those markers are only for injections into upstream files; this one's new. check-in: 151d16011d user: tangent tags: i2c-bridge-device
2021-10-17
21:42
I2CB device: first mostly functional version. check-in: 11736019ce user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
2021-10-16
13:50
work in progress. minor tweaks but seems to compile and have basic device configuration working now, except attach/detach logic and flawed association between I2C addr and dev no check-in: 6b2c49bf4c user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
00:41
Work in progress The association of dev no and I2C address per unit need more work check-in: d3432d4092 user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
2021-10-13
23:07
Initial commit to start a branch exploring the idea of having a generic SIMH device that will forward IOT instructions for configurable PDP-8 devices so they can be implemented on external hardware, typically a microcontroller connected to the host via I2C. This could be used for rapid prototyping of either historical device emulation or emulating custom I/O logic. check-in: fbcfafaf43 user: HBEggenstein tags: i2c-bridge-device
2021-07-12
12:35
Merged trunk changes in check-in: a9eb4a4733 user: tangent tags: pi4-gpio-clean
2021-06-05
12:09
Dropped the ETOS matter from COPYING.md, and clarified the blanket licensing info for the rest of the DEC software. check-in: d80d302db1 user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-05-17
15:18
Changed the way "bosi prepare" handles sshd first start to use a Raspberry Pi specific mechanism that [https://groups.google.com/g/pidp-8/c/qCVLKZoJPkU/m/TLqY2IkaBAAJ | reportedly regenerates the shredded keys]. check-in: 02c35e52bf user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-04-23
19:51
Updated to the latest SIMH to fix a problem with TSS/8 booting. It seems they updated some of the device handling since the Feb 3 update we did just prior to the current stable release. check-in: f02ebe72df user: tangent tags: trunk
2021-04-05
01:18
Tweaks to the U/W FOCAL manual supplement's section on getting program text in, following with the wiki edit to the more generic "Getting Text In" doc. check-in: 19b97405ed user: tangent tags: trunk