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The DEC Emulation Website

Last Updated: 20AUG2007

Latest News!

  (12JUL2007) SIMH V3.7-2 released
  (03FEB2007) SIMH V3.7-0 released.
  (26MAY2006) SIMH V3.6-0 released
  (22JAN2006) Added Big Iron Emulation Webpage
  (22JAN2006) Probably the most major website update in the past 2-4 years, all of the pages for PDP-1, PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-8, PDP-9, PDP-11, PDP-15, VAX, Alpha, and FPGA's have been updated to fix broken links. All that remains to be updated are the PDP-10, and MIPS pages.
  (20JAN2006) SIMH V3.5-2 released, adds VAX-11/780 emulation.
  (15OCT2005) SIMH V3.5-1 released.
  (31OCT2003) All links on the site have been updated to reflect the new location of Al Kossow's Documentation archive which has been moved to http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf.
  (12SEP2003) SIMH V3.0-2 Released
  (02JUL2002) Ersatz-11 V3.1 Released, the demo version now includes ethernet support, and is now available in both the DOS/Windows, and Linux versions.
  (01DEC2001) The PDP-10 Emulation page expands to be the DEC Emulation Website.

Introduction

The purpose of these web pages are to aid people in finding all the bits and pieces that they'll need in order to set up the OS or Software of their choice (if possible) running under an emulator. This site started out as a page about PDP-10 emulation, which will continue to be its main focus.

Note: While the primary focus of this website is emulation of DEC Hardware, I also include any and all hardware documentation that I'm aware of.

Contacting Me

If you have any comments about this site I can be reached at healyzh AT aracnet DOT com. If you know of any software or documentation that isn't listed below I'd appreciate knowing about it so that I can provide links when appropriate.

Processor Families

    CPU    Date Bits    Notes
    PDP-1  1960 18-bit
    PDP-2       24-bit  Never Built, No Emulator Available
    PDP-3       36-bit  1 was built by a customer using the DEC Spec, No Emulator Available
    PDP-4  1962 18-bit
    PDP-5  1963 12-bit  No Emulator Available
    PDP-6  1964 36-bit  No Emulator Available
    PDP-7  1965 18-bit
    PDP-8  1965 12-bit
    PDP-9  1966 18-bit
    PDP-10 1967 36-bit
    PDP-11 1970 16-bit
    PDP-12 1969 12-bit  No Emulator Available
    PDP-14              No Emulator Available
    PDP-15      18-bit
    PDP-16              No Emulator Available
    VAX    1977 32-bit
    MIPS        32-bit  CPU Simulators only
    Alpha       64-bit  CPU Simulators only

DEC Specific Links

- The DEC Enthusiasts Club has been closed down.
- Will Kranz's TU-58 emulation and PDT-11/150 pages
- The UNIBUS/QBUS MSCP SCSI project is aimed at creating a homebrew MSCP SCSI controller due to the high cost of obtaining a commercial controller.
- The CHD - Q22-Bus - ATA Disk Adapter project looks to be on hold
- Information on connecting to HECnet, the Hobbyist DECnet, it's layout, and what is active (warning takes a while to collect the information).

Related Links

- emulation.net was the primary source of emulation information on the Macintosh, it seems to have been replaced by www.macemu.com
- The Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator
- MVS on your PC, a turnkey Hercules solution
- The Hercules New Users Documentation Effort
- The Unofficial DND Home Page and alternate page (includes copies for TOPS-20 and VMS?)
- Mainframe Games for DOS
- The Eniac-on-a-Chip Project
- The Desktop Cyber Emulator Home page.
- IBM 1401 and 7094 Emulator (unfortunatly this is Windows only, it is written in Delphi 5)

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