I most frequently used X11 or XWS on the VAX, to emulate a Tek 4014, to run the Tek 4014 application
My favorite Tek 4014 emulator, is MS-DOS Kermit. In the Unix/X-windows world, XTERM has emulated Tek 4014 from day one. I betcha you've got a Tek 4014 emulator on your desktop already and you just never knew it. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Kerpan Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:46 PM To: Shoppa, Tim Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Simh] An idea for graphics support in SIMH That's true, but 4014 emulation still can't help with systems like the PDP-1 which had a built-in vector display or the VAX which often WAS equipped with an FB. Just because programs that used Tek 401x vector tubes work in Xterm doesn't mean that a solution to simulate other sorts of displays isn't a good idea. Mike Also, aprt from Xterm, are there even any free Tek emulations around? Just like REGIS/Sixel support, Tek emulation seems to be a feature found only in expensive commercial programs. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Shoppa, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > Most graphical applications on minicomputers were accessed not with > A framebuffer, but with a graphics-enabled terminal. (There > Are exceptions and you point these out.) Tek 4014 emulation > Goes a long way for most of my classic minicomputer graphical apps. > > Tim. > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
