2010/7/7 Michael Kerpan <[email protected]>: > 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... >
Working with emulated VAX, with which many has replaced systems running both OVMS old and new desktops, and considering the problems with remote X servers, and, more annoying, problems with X-Window MIT ACLs, I was wondered about this too... As I'm Linux user, I'd opted for a clean Xt-based emulator, but for a sake of portability, RDB can be considered too. The problem is, we'd need to access FB software/firmware, which is not as trivial as graphics controllers for Alpha systems... Sergiusz _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
