> -----Original Message----- > From: Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Veit, > Holger > Sent: 21 April 2016 08:56 > To: simh@trailing-edge.com > Subject: Re: [Simh] Way out idea for simh > > I think this is missing the actual problem. If a simh supported machine has > some kind of (paper/magnetic) tape oder disk device, they are almost always > physical files on the host system which can be attached/detached by simh > console commands.
So if there was an interface so that the emulated computer could issue console commands this would IMHO actually be more usefull than access to the file system. > And for some special cases with IBM > iron, there were native EBCDIC converters. > There are actually a lot of systems that don't use ASCII, IBM1130, IBM1620, GE-600 Honeywell H-200 series, IBM1401... > Holger > Dave _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
