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50 most recent check-ins by user poetnerd

2026-07-04
20:30
update upstream-submission-strategy: correct generate.py error, add CMakeLists.txt patch, update status leaf check-in: 793deae238 user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
20:00
split pdp8_cpu.c: rename ours to pdp8ms_cpu.c, restore clean upstream pdp8_cpu.c check-in: 2f7784bf8e user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
19:32
update auto.def: main.c.in -> pdp8_pipanel.c.in check-in: f3ae20d637 user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
18:58
update PIDP8I_OBJS: main.o -> pdp8_pipanel.o check-in: ffeab04462 user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
18:53
rename main.c.in to pdp8_pipanel.c.in check-in: 949f31e31f user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
17:59
add /opt/homebrew/include to vscode-c_cpp_properties.json for pcre2.h leaf check-in: ace1c788b2 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
17:56
Add Homebrew include path to VSCode config for pcre2.h check-in: d966ce3c2f user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
17:43
Add upstream-prep IntelliSense config to VSCode template check-in: f350491a8d user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
17:41
Update upstream submission strategy: refactor done, tests passing, performance notes check-in: 8d3f2ecfe5 user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
17:34
Fix GPIO thread startup: move from lazy vm_read init to install_vm_read check-in: fbec97842d user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
17:18
Fix use_pidp8i_extensions refs in pdp8_cpu.c and main.c.in check-in: c7903495e6 user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
16:51
Fix forceILS/forceNLS missing extern declarations check-in: cb9215c7bf user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
15:24
Replace scp.c PIDP8I patches with sim_vm_read hook check-in: 19957b088b user: poetnerd tags: upstream-prep
15:12
Expand upstream submission strategy to cover both zimh and Open SIMH check-in: d4fc02431d user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
15:05
Add upstream submission strategy doc check-in: d69b41c80d user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
2026-06-22
01:24
Fix VSCode IntelliSense config: move to doc/ template with copy instructions check-in: 9f5665da06 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
01:18
Add VSCode IntelliSense config and document it in zimh-migration.md check-in: f438ff0831 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
2026-06-20
01:29
Port pidp8i sources to zimh types

Used new tool, "tools/zimh-modernize-types" to adopt new type definitions used in zimh to main.c.in, gpio-ils.c Also needed path fix for relocation of SIMH/PDP8 to SIMH/simulator/PDP8. check-in: b4513cde79 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh

01:11
Add -I @builddir@/src to SIM_CFLAGS for config.h check-in: 7c51a0bef6 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
00:54
Fix PCRE2 detection to not require pkg-config

pkg-config isn't guaranteed installed alongside libpcre2-dev on Debian. Fall back to bare -lpcre2-8 with empty cflags when pkg-config is absent; PCRE2_CODE_UNIT_WIDTH=8 must still be defined before including pcre2.h. check-in: 193f6569a0 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh

00:04
Fix PRECIOUS_INFILES path after PDP8 move to simulators/PDP8/ check-in: a9ee68f9c8 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
2026-06-19
23:42
Move src/SIMH/PDP8/ to src/SIMH/simulators/PDP8/ to mirror zimh layout check-in: 430ac4173f user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
21:16
Integrate zimh as SIMH base: new layout, build system, tools

Restructure src/SIMH/ to zimh's layout; re-port pidp8i changes onto zimh sources; update build system for new paths/deps (pcre2, uuid). New deps: libpcre2-dev, uuid-dev. Tracked zimh: f4cb5802 (2026.5.29). See doc/zimh-migration.md for details. check-in: a807102793 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh

2026-06-14
01:42
Create new branch named "integrate-zimh" check-in: f11c28dd85 user: poetnerd tags: integrate-zimh
2026-06-06
16:42
Reorganize README.md for navigability

Restructured around an audience table and clearer section nesting; added front-panel switch reference, update instructions, and parent-wrapper sections to group related content. leaf check-in: 8567be02ea user: poetnerd tags: trunk

2026-05-02
23:10
Fix for bug reported in google pidp8i group: os8util.py library not found preventing os8-cp from working. Root cause: forgot to wire in installation of the library. Also corrected missing update to doc/os8-cp.md that says copy to SYS: and DSK: get lost because in the new version we run os8-cp in a scratch system environment. check-in: 718a022dfb user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-15
01:16
Tell teco-pi-demo to mount v3d.rk05 in scratch mode to avoid stepping on anyone. check-in: 1b7e4663cc user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-14
17:15
As we did for os8-cp, mont OS8_TOOLTIME in a scratch mode to prevent corruption of v3d.rk05 in parallel actions. check-in: e4092afb4f user: poetnerd tags: trunk
02:34
Image fixes: Split firstboot actions appropriately into system and user: system: enable wifi. Install service overlay to make ssh easy to enable/disable. user: install pidp8i service on first boot. Document how to use the pidp8i-ssh-setup service to turn ssh on and off. Propagate rename of rpi-image-gen to os-image in documentation. Rollback rename of layer/common.yaml.in to pidp8i-common.yaml.in to avoid confusion with generic layers. Document more files in os-image/README.md check-in: 591897a390 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
01:28
Fixup for an infrequent blow-out of parse_show_attached. check-in: 59b5ccd3eb user: poetnerd tags: trunk
01:23
Corrected regular expression in bunny for kick case. check-in: 188fcfa6cc user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-12
02:57
Created image still wasn't getting compressed when placed in rpi-image-gen/work/deploy-${r} This should fix it. check-in: e99253512b user: poetnerd tags: trunk
02:20
Compress the image we build with rpi_image_gen. check-in: ed12d315cb user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-11
02:58
Fix simh.py.in: pull in latest trunk improvements (timeout fix, better error handling) check-in: 64b6f4b423 user: poetnerd tags: release
02:27
Merge trunk into release to get latest fixes and improvements check-in: 40eb16c102 user: poetnerd tags: release
02:07
Add the man command and man pages to the image. check-in: f82dea82c5 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
02:04
Added instruction to stop pidp8i when building on PiDP-8i hardware. Updated ChangeLog with mention of these changes. check-in: 1522ae49f8 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
00:40
Additional robustness around calls to expect. Should eliminate python backtraces, and instead give graceful error reports. check-in: 2d6b92fb87 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-10
15:04
Yet another attempt to get the bunny test to succeed always. "This time for sure!" check-in: e36acee74d user: poetnerd tags: trunk
14:55
Fixed the problem with timeouts experienced building on the Pi3 platform. It really was a "didn't wait long enough" problem. Timeout constant doubled from 10 to 20 seconds. Also quieted the additional debugging for the incorrect failure theory. check-in: 1e50251549 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
04:39
IMPORTANT fix to release creation: Do NOT install dhcpcd. It creates a second DHCP client and makes networking crazy! check-in: 1a362f2657 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-09
16:18
When expect gets eof or timeout, always give more detais. check-in: b9b66a3a49 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
06:37
Finally gave os8script the debugging it needs! Now shows script file on every line of output! Also reports mounts and unmounts so we can look for race conditions in parallel make. check-in: 83d3316333 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-07
02:52
Improved error diagnostics in simh.py and os8-script.py os8_pip_to and os8_pip_from now say what they're operating on when they fail. Trying out adding pexpect.TIMEOUT and pexpect.EOF as listed results. Should cut back on the number of tracebacks. check-in: ee833bae11 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
2026-04-05
17:13
Pull in latest RELEASE_PROCESS.md, and updated tools for release creation from trunk. check-in: b681f9469e user: poetnerd tags: release
17:11
Update tools/publish-os8 to include ock rk05 images, and image-gen to pull from release branch. check-in: 3fd9df019b user: poetnerd tags: trunk
04:19
Save the file and THEN commit the needed text. check-in: 397b300623 user: poetnerd tags: trunk
04:07
Merged trunk changes for v20260405 into release branch check-in: 007bd98bfa user: poetnerd tags: release, v20260405
04:02
Sync binary-glob with trunk to avoid merge conflict check-in: 4df86c3300 user: poetnerd tags: release
03:57
Add src/uwfocal/*.TX to binary-glob check-in: 030e40681d user: poetnerd tags: release