On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This may be a duplicate post; I tried several days ago but was unsuccessful. > > There has been a lot of discussion around graphics support recently so I > thought > > I better post what i've been working on over the last month or so. I've been > adding several extra VAX models to simh, one of which is the VAXstation 2000. > Currently it has Windows GDI graphics output but I intend to add X11 support, > which should make it portable to most of the supported simh platforms. I think > VNC is probably the best approach but I went with GDI/X11 for now because it > was > > quick and simple. > > Below is a link to some Win32 binaries for this emulator. I will be releasing > the source eventually but it needs quite a bit of tidying up first. > > https://rapidshare.com/files/3280624157/vax410_v5.zip > > (I will upload this somewhere more permanent soon) > > Bugs: > The first time you type 'boot cpu' after creating a new nvr file, it will halt > with a > 'TOY ERR'. Type 'boot cpu' again and subsequent runs should be ok. > > ROMs: > ka410.bin is the system ROM. 'load -r ka410.bin' > ka410_net.bin is the network ROM. 'attach or0 ka410_net.bin' > > Cursor Control: > Click in the video window to activate the emulated cursor; this will capture > the > > host cursor. > Use the escape key (ESC) to release the host cursor. > The emulated cursor is under the control of the guest OS. Sometimes it can > become visible but it may not be possible to move it. > > Disks: > Disk images should be interchangeable with the existing VAX emulators as the > 'special formatting' is emulated internally. You can still run the 'TEST 70' > formatter if you like though ;) > RX50 support is untested. > > Tapes: > The SCSI controller is only about 10% complete and is not useable yet. > > The zip file includes both VAXstation and MicroVAX variants with and without > pcap. An example vax410.ini is also included. > > I hope i've covered all the important notes there. Please let me know if you > see > > any other bugs not mentioned above. Testing has been done with various > versions > of VWS and DECwindows on VMS and with the VXT software, but I haven't tried > Ultrix or any other Unix variant yet. > > The other VAXeni've been working on are as follows: > > VAX-11/730 > + Console TU58 > + RB730 > > VAX-11/750 > + Console TU58 > + CI750 > > VAX 8600 > + Console RL02 > + CI780 > > MicroVAX II > > Industrial VAX 620 / rtVAX 1000 > > VAX 4000-200 > + SHACDSSI > > I'll be uploading some more of these over the next week. >
Amazing! Is your VAX emulation core based on SIMH or did you roll your own? Also, in the future could you consider using an alternate filehost? I find that Mediafire is a lot more friendly than Rapidshare and it's also free! Mike _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
