Real PDP11 model question

Fred N. van Kempen waltje at pdp11.nl
Thu Sep 23 09:18:00 CDT 2004


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> And a properly configured xterm has a properly functioning keyboard.
> Given the choice between the two emulators, I'd much rather use E11,
> but as a hobbyist that can't afford a full version of E11, I tend to
> use SIMH for most things.  SIMH also has the advantage of running on
> my Mac, which is good since these days I rarely have another Unix box
> up and running.

I use both, but then again, I have a full license for E11.  I do most
of my PDP-11 work on E11(/DOS/Win32DOS) and use SimH as an emulated
CVAX mostly.  Again, mostly under Win32DOS.

SimH sucks in the sense that it doesn't do full-spec (exact) CPU and
device emulation, and I dont think it ever will, but then again, it
is more portable, and supports (a lot) more host platforms, so that
is one of its pluses.

--f




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