> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing- > edge.com] On Behalf Of Mark Benson > Sent: 03 November 2012 23:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Simh] Slightly OT: Headless SIMH on Raspberry Pi > > > On 3 Nov 2012, at 22:41, David Brownlee wrote: > > > On 3 November 2012 22:15, Rob Jarratt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I want to run SIMH on my headless Raspberry Pi, to do so I use putty > >> to connect to the pi and log in. From the shell I can run SIMH just > >> fine. What I would like though is for my session not to disappear if > >> I close putty and to be able to reconnect to the session at some > >> later time, with SIMH still running. I am not really a Unix expert, is there > a way to do this? > > > > "screen" http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ or "tmux" > > http://tmux.sourceforge.net/ are two very useful tools for just this > > :) > > I use gnu 'screen' extensively on my Rasbperry Pi VAX setups to do just that. > Works a charm, and you can detach the session at any time and it will keep > buffering. > > Right now I recommend this as the best way to run SimH headless and > without a need for a perpetual terminal. I'm hoping something better might > come along that doesn't require additional software, though. > > -- > > Mark Benson > > http://DECtec.info > Twitter: @DECtecInfo > HECnet: STAR69::MARK > > Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts. > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
Thanks to everyone for the replies. I am trying out screen now and it seems to be working well. Regards Rob _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
