NICHOLS%GRIN1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Capitan Holy Hippie (Nichols,Alan M)) (11/28/90)
We are trying to get minix running on a sun 3/50 using the pc simulator provided in the MINIX distribution. The simulator compiles with a few warnings, and then chokes on the 10th instruction saying that 'this opcode is not defined' Has anybody gotten this running on a sun? Does anybody have any clue as to where to go from here? Thanks much, Alan Nichols
hgw@rht32.pcs.com (h.-g. willers) (11/29/90)
Alan Nichols asks, >We are trying to get minix running on a sun 3/50 using the pc simulator >provided in the MINIX distribution. The simulator compiles with a few >warnings, and then chokes on the 10th instruction saying that 'this opcode is >not defined' I've tried to run pcsim(from an old minix distribution) on a MC68000 under UNIX. Had similar effects! The reason for this is, that the simulator was written for a VAX (a little endian machine) to simulate the 8086 (also little endian). The Motorola MC680xx's are BIG ENDIAN! You have to change the simulator to take that into account. Hans-Gu"nther -- H.-G. Willers PCS-Mail: hgw internal phone ( -271 ) DOMAIN: hgw@rht32.pcs.de (EUR) or hgw@rht32.pcs.com (US) BANG: ..unido!pcsbst!hgw (EUR) or ..pyramid!pcsbst!hgw (US)
barto@megatek.UUCP (David Barto) (12/01/90)
In article <1025@pcsbst.pcs.com> hgw@rht32.pcs.com (h.-g. willers) writes: >Alan Nichols asks, >>We are trying to get minix running on a sun 3/50 using the pc simulator >>provided in the MINIX distribution. > >The reason for this is, that the simulator was written for a VAX >(a little endian machine) to simulate the 8086 (also little endian). I actually spend a great deal of time with the simulator. I finally got it running on the sun3 and sun4 under SunOS 4.0.3 (4.1) and was running programs like 'getty', 'login', 'sh', 'ls' and such. I sent the changes back to Mr. T. after I got all of them integrated. There are still bugs in my simulator. I have not used it in over a year. (I have, in fact, packed it up into the archives.) Since I can no longer make any claims about it working any more, if you want the simulator I worked on, let me know. I will mail out EXACTLY 2 COPIES of it. If you are requestor number 3 or above you will receive the address for those who where first. I will also post the address of the first 2 recipients, and mail each of them the others address. My only request is that if anyone makes it truely useful that they mail it back to me. -barto -- David Barto uunet!megatek!barto barto@network.ucsd.edu
michel%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com (Michel Pollet) (12/03/90)
In message of 30 Nov 90 17:24:48 GMT, David Barto said : > In article <1025@pcsbst.pcs.com> hgw@rht32.pcs.com (h.-g. willers) writes: > >Alan Nichols asks, > >>We are trying to get minix running on a sun 3/50 using the pc simulator > >>provided in the MINIX distribution. > > > >The reason for this is, that the simulator was written for a VAX > >(a little endian machine) to simulate the 8086 (also little endian). > > I actually spend a great deal of time with the simulator. I finally > got it running on the sun3 and sun4 under SunOS 4.0.3 (4.1) and was > running programs like 'getty', 'login', 'sh', 'ls' and such. > > I sent the changes back to Mr. T. after I got all of them integrated. > > There are still bugs in my simulator. I have not used it in over a > year. (I have, in fact, packed it up into the archives.) > > Since I can no longer make any claims about it working any more, if you > want the simulator I worked on, let me know. I will mail out EXACTLY 2 > COPIES of it. If you are requestor number 3 or above you will receive > the address for those who where first. I will also post the address of > the first 2 recipients, and mail each of them the others address. > > My only request is that if anyone makes it truely useful that they mail > it back to me. > Hi, I think i'm too late, but if you are still on the number 1, I hope I would be the number 2 ;-) I've got a Sun 3/80 and I've a minix st... I've got a NFS server for minix fs and I'm very intersting in you stuff. Many thanks in advance for your your help.. Michel Michel 'BusError' Pollet | "This place is reserved for future michel%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com | use and is intentionaly left blank"
michel%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com (Michel Pollet) (12/03/90)
In message of 28 Nov 90 05:43:13 GMT, Capitan Holy Hippie (Nichols, said : > We are trying to get minix running on a sun 3/50 using the pc simulator > provided in the MINIX distribution. The simulator compiles with a few > warnings, and then chokes on the 10th instruction saying that 'this opcode is > not defined' > > Has anybody gotten this running on a sun? Does anybody have any clue as to > where to go from here? > > Thanks much, > > Alan Nichols I'm interresting about such work.. I've got a beautiful sun 3/80 and I've convert some minix programs, like 'dosread' for using with sun's floppy.. I've never heard about such simulator.. Could you send me informations about it ? Many thanks in advance, Michel 'BusError' Pollet | "This place is reserved for future michel%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com | use and is intentionaly left blank"