[Simh] Simulated PDP-11 Blinkenlight front panel for SimH

[Miller]

Hi Jörg,
Thanks for the offer to make source available. Will make or a nice 
exercise and I would like to give it a try.

Heinz
Am 14.07.12 23:14, schrieb Jörg Hoppe:
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> Hi Heinz,
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>> This is just great - I really enjoy it.
> Thanks!
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>> However since I use MAC OSX I have to go to Winows emulation under
>> Parallels. It works fine under Windows 7, but not under the Ubuntu
>> emulation. It would really be great if I could just run it under MAC 
>> OSX.
> Well, about Ubuntu: I recognized too late that I compiled SimH with the
> USE_NETWORK option.
> So under Ubuntu, you need "libpcap" installed, as described in
> "0readme_ethernet.txt"
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>> As is the API server interface works with apple java - the 11/40 comes
>> up nicely, but "blinkenlightapitst" cannot be executed, neither the
>> pdp11 games.sim_PDP11.
> "blinkenlightapitst" isn't really necessary.
>   You can see in "start.bat", that blinkenlightapitst is only used to
> loop until the Java application has come up.
>   It does so by repeatedly  pinging the build in  Java RPC server.
>  A constant timeout would do the same job.
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>> Both most likely will need to be taken from source ?
>> Normally simh works well under OSX.
> If you want the sources to compile them under OSX,  I could zip them and
> put them on my web site.
> I didn't published  so far, because I use an own version of v3.8-1, with
> some other modifications.
> I'm in progress of simplifying and merging it with v3.9, but there are
> problems with the telnet server,
> and I have no time budget for it at the moment.
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> Joerg
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>> Any ideas or suggestions??
>>
>> Heinz
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>> Am 31.05.12 15:27, schrieb Jörg Hoppe:
>>> A few weeks ago I presented "Project BlinkenBone":
>>> www.retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone
>>> A real PDP-11 front panel was connected to a simulated PDP-11.
>>> Well, nobody but me had any benefit from this project ...
>>>
>>> Meanwhile there is also a photorealistic simulation of the front
>>> panel itself.
>>> It can be connected to SimH as an alternative to the physical panel.
>>> So now everybody can run his/her very own Blinkenlight panel.
>>>
>>> I made a simple installation package: Just download, unzip, start,
>>> enjoy!
>>>
>>> It's been tested under WinXP/Win7 and Ubuntu. See download link and
>>> instructions here:
>>> www.retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone/176-blinkenbone-download-and-run-simulated-panels-for-free 
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>>>
>>> In case of problems please give feedback.
>>>
>>> Joerg
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