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simh - multi-system emulator

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:01 am
by machinebacon
Honestly, I have no freaking idea what to do with these - I just downloaded the package out of curiosity. Simh is an emulator for those 'really old' computers, like:

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altair     i1401    lgp    pdp4  swtp6800mp-a
altairz80  i1620    nova   pdp7  swtp6800mp-a2
eclipse    i7094    pdp1   pdp8  vax
gri        ibm1130  pdp10  pdp9  vax780
h316       id16     pdp11  s3
hp2100     id32     pdp15  sds
Yes, the PDP11 was very popular those days, as it was the minimum system to run old UNIX on.

Briefly:

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sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
mkdir simh && cd simh
wget -c http://simh.trailing-edge.com/sources/simhv39-0.zip
unp simhv39-0
make USE_NETWORK=1
# wait a few moments
cd BIN
ls
If you need documentation, check here: http://simh.trailing-edge.com/pdf/all_docs.html
Software for the PDP11: http://pdp-11.trailing-edge.com/rsts11/


Please let me know what you made of these :) Really curious!