[Simh] Way out idea for simh

[Sampsa Laine]

> On 21 Apr 2016, at 01:26, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, exactly - the guest OS tools do this. The SIMH file server just writes the stuff to disk.
> 
> Well, the goal was to transfers files into and out of the guest system. If you want to transfer files into the guest system, you cannot really expect the guest system to create the information...

Again a valid point, you’d need host OS tools to create the metadata files + the actual data.

I assumed this was for some weird systems/OSes that simply could not run Kermit for some reason - but Bob is right: If you want to get stuff into your guest OS and Kermit isn’t an option, use whatever weird mechanism your exotic system used (punched cards, magnetic tape, etc).

The built-in guest-to-host-and-back file server is probably not realistic but it was an interesting intellectual exercise.

Sampsa


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