[Simh] Idea for a Simh guide

[khandy21yo]

Under Debian and Ubuntu, there is a package called live-build that can create a Bootable distribution that runs from DVD. You can include your own software in the build, but it takes a long time to build. It includes a lot of standard packages that you probably don't need.
Runs entirely off the DVD, but can mount other drives if you desire.
Data files can be changed while running, as it saves the diffs in memory. Any data changed that you don't save to external storage gets lost when you shut down. Would be one way to distribute turnkey emulators to play with.


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-------- Original message --------From: Ken Cornetet <Ken.Cornetet at kimballelectronics.com> Date: 5/10/17  12:41 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net>, Bob Eager <rde at tavi.co.uk> Cc: simh at trailing-edge.com Subject: Re: [Simh] Idea for a Simh guide 
While you could probably get simh running using djgpp and MSDOS, you'd play hell trying to get networking. In theory, it would be possible to graft NDIS support into simh, but there probably aren't many modern NICs with real mode NDIS drivers.

I think you'd be better off building a simh "appliance" around a small linux distro. 

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> On May 10, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Bob Eager <rde at tavi.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I have a copy of the old Zortech C compiler, with a royalty free DOS 
> extender.

Another option would be DJGPP, which has the advantage of being GCC so SIMH should be comfortable with it.  I've used it in the past for Unix-origin programs with good success.

	paul

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