From: Christian Gauger-Cosgrove <captainkirk...@gmail.com>
To: SIMH <simh@trailing-edge.com>
Subject: Re: [Simh] Graphics Terminals and Graphic System
Phototypesetters
That might be the case for most CRT based phototypesetters, but may I
direct the groups attenti
> On Dec 10, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
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> Simulation of the output of early phototypesetters, or a Gerber photoplotter
> is a little tricky because you need the glyph information that was printed on
> the mechanism that shot the images of the characters onto
>
>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Will Senn wrote:
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>> Is is possible to simulate a graphics terminal in SimH for the
>> PDP-11/40/45/70. So far, I have been able to get a text console working (I
>> think it's a Teletype ASR-33) and serial consoles (DCI). I have
> On Dec 10, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Quentin North wrote:
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>>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Will Senn wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Is is possible to simulate a graphics terminal in SimH for the
>>> PDP-11/40/45/70. So far, I have been able to get a text
> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Will Senn wrote:
> ...
> Is is possible to simulate a graphics terminal in SimH for the
> PDP-11/40/45/70. So far, I have been able to get a text console working (I
> think it's a Teletype ASR-33) and serial consoles (DCI). I have seen some
Will
The quick answer is yes. Check out vtroff on the BSD tapes. The Versatec
plotter was used to simulate a C/A/T typesetter which is what the original
troff created and before the laser printer was in common use.
Clem
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> On Dec 9, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Will Senn
All,
I am using the SimH PDP 11 simulator to learn about the PDP 11/40/45/70
architectures with a particular focus on Sixth and Seventh Edition Unix.
I have written a couple of notes based on my experiences/trials that are
available at:
v6 -