[Simh] DECserver (terminal server) emulation?

[Johnny Billquist]

The DS500 is a PDP-11, true. But it's also the model that don't have any 
local storage, and thus uses MOP in way more ways than any other DS, 
which might be a problem unless you have some machine with a proper MOP 
implementation.
The MOP server that exists for Unix systems will not do. It only 
supports booting.

	Johnny

On 2017-04-12 02:35, Jim Carpenter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>>> Emulating a real server is probably harder.
>>
>> Well, maybe....  From my vague recollection, the DECServer 500 is a PDP11
>> system with Qbus serial and networking cards.  It might be a mere
>> configuration exercise to get there (or almost there).
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Simh's PDP11 might be a path to doing that.
>
> I think you're right. Like I said above, I think Simh can already do
> the 11/53 CPU, the DEQNA, and the CXY08. I don't think Simh could do
> any other type of line card when I last checked but who cares. So with
> a little Simh configuration, a MOP server and software, and the DS500
> ROM it might just almost work. But I believe Tim's original message
> said he couldn't get the ROM loaded.
>
> Jim
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