[Simh] SIMH console settings for escape sequence support

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Thu Dec 31 15:55:05 EST 2015


> On Dec 31, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> writes:
>> I've noticed that terminal handling on the SIMH console with RSTS/E
>> was never quite right; it would not do "set terminal/inquire" and
>> editing keys that produce escape sequences would be mangled.
> 
> Speaking of escape sequences, for systems that don't use terminals
> (i.e. Windows) it might be nice for simh to have built-in emulation for
> something simple like a VT-52 or an ADM-3A. Or maybe have a telnet
> console.

You could use a telnet console with a telnet client that supports terminal emulation, like PuTTY.  On other systems this tends not to be an issue because the standard shell windows normally have terminal emulation support (they do on Linux, Mac, etc.).

	paul




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