One thing that's always bugged me was the fact that SIMH has no real support for graphics. Some up the supported platforms (such as the PDP-1) are widely recognized as important because of there graphical display abilities. Others, such as the VAX were often sold with a framebuffer installed for use as workstations. The general problem with graphics, however, has always been that they make things less cross-platform. Having a lot of free time over the summer to think about such things, I recently hit upon an idea: why not implement graphics systems via the RFB/VNC protocol? That way, any people could simply attach the "framebuffer" or "vector display" to a TCP/IP port and connect with any number of free clients. Do people think that something like this would be workable? It seems like a crazy idea, but then again, it also seems in keeping with other things that SIMH does, such as implement terminal multiplexers over TELNET...
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