Putty and other terminal emulators do not support all of the features of a real VT. Soft fonts, REGIS., Sixel Graphics etc. Utilising MAME and a real ROM will (should). The DECWindows DECTerm supports most of the features.
On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, 16:18 Hittner, David T [US] (MS), <david.hitt...@ngc.com> wrote: > Why not use PuTTY for the VT terminal emulator, which is known to work > with SIMH? > > > > What is the point of trying to use MAME for VT emulation? > > > > *From:* Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> *On Behalf Of *Peter Allan > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:34 AM > *To:* Simh Trailing-Edge Mailing List <simh@trailing-edge.com> > *Subject:* EXT :[Simh] MAME and simh > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I am trying to get MAME to talk to simh in order to use MAME as a VT > terminal emulator. However, I am failing to get the two to talk to each > other. I have been using simh for over 10 years, but I only picked up MAME > two days ago. > > > > I have tried MAME v 0.222 on Windows 10 and MAME v 0.208 on Debian 10.1. > Both start up successfully, but I have trouble using them. I also have a > set of 13 ROMs for several VT terminals. > > > > I have found some helpful information on the web, specifically > > > > https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html > > > > and > > > > https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_and_SIMH > > > > The latter page looks like it should be just what I am looking for, but it > describes using a VT240 ROM. My vt240 ROM doesn't work. My vt220 ROM does > work, but when I follow the instructions to 'press F3 to enter setup', > nothing happens. > > > > I have also got the impression that some of the command line options for > mame have changed over time, so some older information on the web may no > longer be accurate. > > > > So, has anyone got this combination to work? If so, can they send me exact > instructions on how to do it please. I hope that I am simply failing to do > something that will become obvious with hindsight. > > > > My normal Linux system is CentOS 6, CentOS 7 or Fedora 31, but I also have > Debian 10.1 available. > > > > I run several simulated VAX and PDP-11 instances using simh. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter Allan > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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