xterm works extremely well if set up right. On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 16:37:24 +0000 Dan Gahlinger <dgahl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> or SecureCRT which has a whole slew of VT terminal support, control > and options. free for 30 days but definitely worth the price. > > it's what I use for my vax emulation with simh > > MAME is multi ARCADE machine emulator, and while it may support or > use the roms for VT terminals, it's only meant for use with the game > machines that need it. don't ask me which ones, I have no idea. > > as per mame maybe you could be confusing "rom" with "firmware" > > mame emulating a VT terminal makes zero sense. > > Dan > ________________________________ > From: Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Hittner, > David T [US] (MS) <david.hitt...@ngc.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, > 2020 11:17:47 AM To: Peter Allan <petermal...@gmail.com>; Simh > Trailing-Edge Mailing List <simh@trailing-edge.com> Subject: Re: > [Simh] EXT : MAME and simh > > > Why not use PuTTY for the VT terminal emulator, which is known to > work with SIMH? > > > > What is the point of trying to use MAME for VT emulation? > > > > From: Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> On Behalf Of Peter Allan > Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:34 AM > To: Simh Trailing-Edge Mailing List <simh@trailing-edge.com> > Subject: EXT :[Simh] MAME and simh > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I am trying to get MAME to talk to simh in order to use MAME as a VT > terminal emulator. However, I am failing to get the two to talk to > each other. I have been using simh for over 10 years, but I only > picked up MAME two days ago. > > > > I have tried MAME v 0.222 on Windows 10 and MAME v 0.208 on Debian > 10.1. Both start up successfully, but I have trouble using them. I > also have a set of 13 ROMs for several VT terminals. > > > > I have found some helpful information on the web, specifically > > > > https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html > > > > and > > > > https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_and_SIMH > > > > The latter page looks like it should be just what I am looking for, > but it describes using a VT240 ROM. My vt240 ROM doesn't work. My > vt220 ROM does work, but when I follow the instructions to 'press F3 > to enter setup', nothing happens. > > > > I have also got the impression that some of the command line options > for mame have changed over time, so some older information on the web > may no longer be accurate. > > > > So, has anyone got this combination to work? If so, can they send me > exact instructions on how to do it please. I hope that I am simply > failing to do something that will become obvious with hindsight. > > > > My normal Linux system is CentOS 6, CentOS 7 or Fedora 31, but I also > have Debian 10.1 available. > > > > I run several simulated VAX and PDP-11 instances using simh. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter Allan > > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
