Re: [Simh] 101 Basic Games for RSTS/E (was Re: PDP11 on Simh for public access)

2018-01-24 Thread Bryan Davies
to investigate but I'm posting here in case anyone else has any suggestions. On 24 January 2018 at 00:00, Tony Nicholson <tony.nichol...@computer.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:37 PM, Bryan Davies <bryan.e.dav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > [snip] > > I just need to

Re: [Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-23 Thread Bryan Davies
IS <http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftphlp.html>. There are also >> various utilities -- hex encoders and decoders, etc -- written Macro-11, >> Fortran, and Basic in the kermit/b directory, along with all the >> Kermit-11 text files, whose names all start with "k11". &

Re: [Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-23 Thread Bryan Davies
Yes I've found a few, but they are mostly .sav or .bas files. How do I get them into Simh without keying them though? On 23 January 2018 at 19:18, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Jan 23, 2018, at 1:13 PM, Bryan Davies <bryan.e.dav...@gmail.com

Re: [Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-23 Thread Bryan Davies
It works! Many thanks to all who have assisted. I installed the changed .ini file and sure enough I now get past the startup prompts. Paul - I have kept the modded Init.sys on standby but haven't installed it. My only comment is that Simh seems to be very heavy on CPU. The Raspberry Pi seems

Re: [Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-18 Thread Bryan Davies
, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Bryan Davies <bryan.e.dav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Many thanks to all for the advice. Unfortunately I'm still not quite > there. > > There is an easy solution

Re: [Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-18 Thread Bryan Davies
within Simh. Should they? On 18 January 2018 at 09:59, Bryan Davies <bryan.e.dav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I volunteer for a computer museum in Cambridge UK where we would much like > to extend our mini-computer exhibit. We want to set up a VT100 running > RSTS/E fo

[Simh] PDP11 on Simh for public access

2018-01-18 Thread Bryan Davies
Hi, I volunteer for a computer museum in Cambridge UK where we would much like to extend our mini-computer exhibit. We want to set up a VT100 running RSTS/E for our visitors to use. As the system needs to start unattended I need it to boot up RSTS from power up. I have installed Simh on a