Re: SIMH V3.0-0 released

From: Jason Armistead (Jason.Armistead_at_otis.com)
Date: 06/24/03 

Date: 23 Jun 2003 21:49:30 -0700

"Noone Special" <kckckckckc2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<2db378d77188e13369a18313bef88aa1@unlimited.ultrafeed.com>...
> Ok, it is looking for the packet.dll, but I have that dll installed... What
> is happening?

Not QUITE, it's looking for a DLL called "packet"

For some reason the binaries of VAX.EXE (and probably PDP11.EXE) are
looking for the "packet" file WITHOUT the .DLL suffix.

If you dump the VAX.EXE with your favourite HEX dump program, and then
search for ".dll" you'll see a reference to WSOCK32.DLL, then
WPCAP.DLL, but in between these is one for just plain old "packet"
(minus the .dll suffix).

Go back and look at an old build of SIMH and you'll see it has these
but "packet.dll"

The easiest work-around is to copy PACKET.DLL from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM into your SIMH directory and rename it from
PACKET.DLL to PACKET

That'll get you going, though we really need a proper build put onto
the SIMH web site. I suspect someone goofed up when specifying the C
compiler dependence on the packet driver.

Cheers

Jason (who just discovered and fixed the same problem not more than a
few minutes ago).

> Thanks
>
> "Noone Special" <kckckckckc2003@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3d1a8b97042248d4fdc56f171350ff8f@unlimited.ultrafeed.com...
> > When I try to run pdp11.exe or vax.exe I get a message indicating that it
> is
> > looking for a dll. I have already installed winpcap. What is this dll and
> > where can I get it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > "Bob Supnik" <bsupnik@nauticusnet.nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:le1efvk7n9hvgjros2f7n0vanq956t26ef@4ax.com...
> > > SIMH V3.0 was released yesterday on the SIMH web site.
> > >
> > > http://simh.trailing-edge.com
> > >
> > > Despite the major version number change, the visible differences are
> > > few. There have been substantial changes to internal data structures
> > > and definitions. Also, there have been bug fixes in almost every
> > > simulated system. Please see the ReadMe for further details.
> > >
> > > In addition to sources, the web site has a zip file of Windows
> > > executables; the Windows executables for VAX and PDP-11 are now
> > > compiled with Ethernet support.
> > >
> > > /Bob Supnik
> >
> >

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