Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Clem Cole
I know you want to do this will Windows, but have you explored a different OS such as Mac OSx, FreeBSD or Linux on an Intel platform. I said this because I think you may find more X support there. The later is now the "home" for the X team and are more likely to get help from the developers if

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Robert Thomas
Have you investigated using eXcursion? It was provided with VMS/OpenVMS distributions on the Pathworks CD. To install it from the Pathworks CD, only install eXcursion. Do not attempt to install any other item from that CD. Once installed, zip the c:\WIN32APP directory. It contains

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Wilm Boerhout
Paul Hardy 2 schreef op 27-1-2016 om 18:11: Robert Thomas said Have you investigated using eXcursion? It was provided with VMS/OpenVMS distributions on the Pathworks CD. ... Sounds interesting, but as a hobbyist, how can I get hold of the Pathworks CD, or a download of the eXcursion

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Paul Hardy 2
>> Robert Thomas said >> Have you investigated using eXcursion? It was provided with VMS/OpenVMS >> distributions on the Pathworks CD. >> ... Sounds interesting, but as a hobbyist, how can I get hold of the Pathworks CD, or a download of the eXcursion component from it? Regards, -- Paul

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Robert Thomas
com>; simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: RE: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC? >> Robert Thomas said >> Have you investigated using eXcursion? It was provided with VMS/OpenVMS >> distributions on the Pathworks CD. >> ... Sounds interesting, but as

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Paul Koning
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > ... > 2. Handle 8 bit color, *including* updating the look of the display > dynamically if entries in the color map are changed. That

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Tom Morris
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hardy 2 > wrote: > > > > As a hobbyist, I successfully run VMS on a Simh emulated VAX (actually > on a Raspberry Pi, but that’s irrelevant). I’m doing

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Tom Morris
Looks like we already discussed this a few years ago and someone had actually started a QDSS emulator. http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/2014-June/012922.html http://9track.net/simh/video/ Not sure if they've made any progress since then, but I'd expect it to be a pretty

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Paul Hardy 2
Tom Morris said: >> Looks like we already discussed this a few years ago and someone had >> actually started a QDSS emulator. Yes, I’d seen that previously. His web site doesn’t indicate any further progress though – no change since 2013. I’ll try copying in Matt Burke’s email to see.

Re: [Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Paul Hardy 2
Paul Koning said: >> 2. Handle 8 bit color, *including* updating the look of the display >> dynamically if entries in the color map are changed. That would be harder. >> You'd have to keep a backing store of the 8-bit data, and regenerate the >> truecolor image whenever the color map is

[Simh] 8-bit pseudocolor on modern Windows PC?

2016-01-27 Thread Paul Hardy 2
As a hobbyist, I successfully run VMS on a Simh emulated VAX (actually on a Raspberry Pi, but that’s irrelevant). I’m doing some software archeology trying to preserve some historic software which produced maps and charts on VAXstations and AlphaStations. This used 8-bit pseudocolor graphics,