[Simh] PDP-11 Spacewar?

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Fri Nov 9 09:59:55 EST 2018



> On Nov 9, 2018, at 5:24 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> On 2018-11-09 10:18, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
>> Hello,
>> This seems to be a Spacewar for PDP-11.  Written using the PALX cross
>> assembler.  But what kind of display is it using?
>> https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/files/rjl/war11.3
> 
> Suspect it might be this: http://www.computerhistory.org/visiblestorage/1970s-1990s/games-and-robots/arcade/
> 
> CHM have one. Not sure exactly what display it used, but it's obviously a vector display.

I don't think so.  Look at function LINE, it's a typical "step through the dots that make up a vector" algorithm.  Not Bresenham I think but something along those lines.

> Pretty fun to see something written for an 11/20 with EAE. That was a pretty short lived option...

Does SIMH support EAE?

	paul



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