* [9fans] simh old computer simulator
@ 2010-12-25 4:27 Fernan Bolando
2010-12-25 22:32 ` blstuart
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From: Fernan Bolando @ 2010-12-25 4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I have ported simh 3.8-1 to plan9.
It currently has the following issues
1. Since I am on christmas break, i dont have access to my cpu server.
all testing was done on 9vx
2. 9vx seems to do wierd stuff if you keep the cpu load at 100% for
too long, so i had to implement a simple idling routine. set throttle
also works but i preferred having a dynamic load change.( i'm using
rons 9vx bitbucket stuff by the way.)
3. simh had it's own idling, but it looked like I needed to get into
the code deeper than I thought is necessary.
4. compiling the pdp10 seems to kill 9vx. compiling vax still had a
few gnu-ish preprocessor directives that prevents it from being
compiled.
5. I dont know much about socket programming so i am not sure if it's
working. When I try to run it with telnet it cannot open up a port. I
will proabably send a separate email asking about ape sockets later.
to build
gunzip simh-p9.tgz
tar x simh-p9.tar
cd simh-p9
plan9/build
this only compiles the ones i care about excluding pdp10 and vax
plan9/build_all
tries to build everything.
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/fernan/simh-p9.tgz
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* Re: [9fans] simh old computer simulator
2010-12-25 4:27 [9fans] simh old computer simulator Fernan Bolando
@ 2010-12-25 22:32 ` blstuart
2010-12-26 21:20 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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From: blstuart @ 2010-12-25 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: fernanbolando, 9fans
> I have ported simh 3.8-1 to plan9.
> It currently has the following issues
Cool! So my Christmas day has already invovled booting
up RT-11 and PDP-1 LISP.
Thanks for doing the port.
BLS
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* Re: [9fans] simh old computer simulator
2010-12-25 22:32 ` blstuart
@ 2010-12-26 21:20 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2010-12-26 23:04 ` Bakul Shah
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From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2010-12-26 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
i am curious to see "space travel" on simh, but its bits have been
lost it seems.
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* Re: [9fans] simh old computer simulator
2010-12-26 21:20 ` Skip Tavakkolian
@ 2010-12-26 23:04 ` Bakul Shah
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From: Bakul Shah @ 2010-12-26 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:20:03 PST Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> i am curious to see "space travel" on simh, but its bits have been
> lost it seems.
I fondly remember "Lunar Lander" that ran on GT40s. You
navigated with a lightpen. If you landed in the right place
on the Moon you could go get a big mac & fries. Though it was
more fun (and easier) to destroy McDonalds! It had 3D
graphics, physics simulation, user interaction, realtime
rendering, suspense and a great finish. Modern video games
are basically Lunar Lander + lotsa bling :-)
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