Re: DSSI Disks

> On May 3, 2026, at 5:50=E2=80=AFPM, Andrew Ball <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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>   PK> I would have thought the "type" is chosen based on the disk
>> image size, but judging by the examples given that isn't the
>> case.  I wonder why not.
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>  ASB> Why guess when the system tells you what each disk is?
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>   JB> I think Paul was thinking in the other direction.  In simh,
>> when given a disk image of a certain size, provide a string
>> that match a type of disk that have that size.
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>    In the simh-vax config file though, users explicitly tell it what
> disk to emulate, e.g.
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>   set rq3 rf35
>   attach rq3 disk3.img

You can do that, but it'snot required (unless you're creating a new =
container in which case the name implies the size).  My point was that =
attaching an existing image file should default the type, though of =
course you can then override it if you want.

	paul=