[Simh] An idea for graphics support in SIMH

[Shoppa, Tim]

I most frequently used X11 or XWS on the VAX, to emulate a Tek 4014, to run the Tek 4014 application

My favorite Tek 4014 emulator, is MS-DOS Kermit.

In the Unix/X-windows world, XTERM has emulated Tek 4014 from day one.

I betcha you've got a Tek 4014 emulator on your desktop already and you just never knew it.

Tim.

-----Original Message-----
From: madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com [mailto:madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kerpan
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:46 PM
To: Shoppa, Tim
Cc: simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: Re: [Simh] An idea for graphics support in SIMH

That's true, but 4014 emulation still can't help with systems like the
PDP-1 which had a built-in vector display or the VAX which often WAS
equipped with an FB. Just because programs that used Tek 401x vector
tubes work in Xterm doesn't mean that a solution to simulate other
sorts of displays isn't a good idea.

Mike

Also, aprt from Xterm, are there even any free Tek emulations around?
Just like REGIS/Sixel support, Tek emulation seems to be a feature
found only in expensive commercial programs.
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Shoppa, Tim <tshoppa at wmata.com> wrote:
> Most graphical applications on minicomputers were accessed not with
> A framebuffer, but with a graphics-enabled terminal. (There
> Are exceptions and you point these out.) Tek 4014 emulation
> Goes a long way for most of my classic minicomputer graphical apps.
>
> Tim.
>
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