I borrowed the laptop my one son uses, it’s running Ubuntu 16.04, and the microvax2 emulator with VCB02 support seems to work well. One bit of oddness, I logged in and some letters weren’t right, logged out of the session, and then back in and everything was fine. I’m going to have fun with this when I can really find some time to play! This is seriously cool!
Zane Sent from my iPod > On Apr 14, 2019, at 1:40 PM, Zane Healy <heal...@avanthar.com> wrote: > > Initial attempts to run this haven’t been great, but I think that’s largely > due to how I’m trying to run it. > > I have a “workstation” VM running under ESXI. It’s running OpenSUSE 15, and > I connect to it from my Mac via a copy of the commercial RealVNC client on my > Mac. If I don’t use ‘set qdss capture’ and set qdss enabled’ in my SIMH ini > file for the VAXstation II, the VCB01 and VCB02 emulation appears to work > just fine. The VCB01 emulation for the MicroVAX 3900 is a mess (lots of the > text is blacked out). While the emulation appears to work fine, and the > keyboard input is working, the mouse isn’t tracking right. SIMH is running > VAX/VMS 5.5 for these tests. > > If I use ‘set qdss capture’ and set qdss enabled’, it doesn’t take any mouse > input once the window has control of the mouse, and I can’t release the > mouse. I have to go in on another Linux session and kill the microvax2 > process. > > Next up, attempt to run this on a laptop running Ubuntu, though it will > likely be a while before I can attempt that. My guess is that the > interaction with VNC is giving me problems. > > Zane > > > > >> On Apr 6, 2019, at 10:03 AM, Matt Burke <m...@9track.net> wrote: >> >> The long awaited VCB02 (colour graphics adapter) for VAX has now been >> released. It hasn't been merged into the Simh master branch yet but for >> now you can get the code from: >> >> https://github.com/9track/simh/tree/VCB02 >> >> If you need a Windows executable then that's available here: >> >> http://www.9track.net/simh/vax630 >> >> Here is the current status for the graphical environments that I've tested: >> >> DECwindows - All OK as far as I can tell. >> VWS - Works but leaves trails on the screen if you drag a window. >> UWS - Works but certain visual elements such as window icons are >> missing. Also I'm not sure the colours a are quite right. I will have to >> test this on a real VAX to check. >> >> Only captured input mode is currently supported. This must be set before >> enabling the device. >> >> sim> set qdss capture >> sim> set qdss enabled >> >> The VCB02 has only been added to the MicroVAX II simulator so far >> (VAXstation II/GPX). I know there have been some discussions previously >> about the MicroVAX 3900 supporting the VCB02 though I've not had success >> with that yet. >> >> >> Matt >> _______________________________________________ >> Simh mailing list >> Simh@trailing-edge.com >> http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
