[Simh] New simulator - VAX-11/782

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Sun May 21 12:06:23 EDT 2017


> On May 21, 2017, at 10:54 AM, Tim Stark <fsword7 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Interesting! Thanks for let us know about MP version of VAX-11/780. Will it be 787/789 emulation (VAX-11/785)? How about 784 (4 processors)? I recommend atomic variables for interlocking.

Instead of relying on exotic C features, it might make more sense to use pthread primitives (mutex etc.) or semaphores.  Those are likely to be more generally supported.

	paul



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