[Simh] SIMH - Network loopback?

[Jason Stevens]

I like the 'loopback adapter' myself...
The best part for TCP/IP stuff is that you can even "share" your wifi out..

But I've NEVER tested this with SIMH, but I do use it like that with Virtual
PC...

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Paul Hardy 2 <paulhardy2 at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I have a Windows XP laptop running a SIMH VAX emulation with VMS. I have
> Cygwin installed on the host, and use it as a DECWindows X-Terminal, so
> that
> it looks very like a VAXstation (but more portable!).
>
> All works fine when I'm plugged into my home network. However if I want to
> take the laptop on my travels and unplug the ethernet, communication
> between
> the Windows host and the SIMH VMS stops. Presumably it is relying on the
> ethernet switch upstream to loopback the packets from VMS to Windows.
>
> Other than carrying round a physical Ethernet switch, is there any software
> solution to this? Perhaps something similar to the Microsoft loopback
> driver
> that I have used in the past to connect to a Virtual PC running another
> copy
> of Windows.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Paul  Hardy
> Email: paul at the paulhardy dot net domain
>
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