[Simh] DECserver (terminal server) emulation?

[Paul Koning]

Emulating a real server is probably harder.  It all depends on what the goal is.  If you emulate the server, you can run the server code on it, which means you get exactly what that code does -- bugs and all.  If you implement LAT at the protocol level, it's an independent implementation with a distinct set of bugs.

It also depends on what you enjoy.  You may pick the harder job because it's fun to do.  For example, if you have a PDP-11 Fortran program, you could simply compile it with Linux Fortran and run it on your PC -- or you could compile it on your RT11 or RSTS or whatever PDP11 system and run "the real thing".  Which one is right?  They both are.  Pick the one that floats your boat.

	paul

> On Apr 11, 2017, at 11:11 AM, khandy21yo <khandy21yo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Would it be easier to emulate a Dec server, or fix the Linux Decnet code?
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> If you had LAT working well under Linux, then writing a Dec server would be a simple she'll script. Well, maybe not real simple to get all the details right, but not too hard.
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