Real PDP11 model question

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Wed Sep 22 10:57:26 CDT 2004


On Wednesday 22 September 2004 10:49, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Jerome" == Jerome H Fine <jhfinexgs2 at compsys.to> writes:
>  Jerome> Jerome Fine replies:
>
>  Jerome> E11 is normally about 10 times the speed of SIMH.  The hobby
>  Jerome> version runs under either Windows or Linux.  VT100 emulation
>  Jerome> is built into E11, unlike SIMH which briefly (V9-11) also
>  Jerome> included VT100 that mostly worked, but was mainly missing the
>  Jerome> GOLD key!
>
>  Jerome> Because of my requirement for 132 character text lines under
>  Jerome> VT100 editing (because I use MACRO-11 listings), only Windows
>  Jerome> 98 SE is able to provide this feature.
>
> You can also do this in the Linux version.  You just have to use
> xterm invoked with the right switches.

Or, you could hook a real VT-100/420/etc up to a serial port and get 
perfect VT100 emulation.  On Linux, at least, I don't know if E11 will 
let you do that on Windows. :)

Pat
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