[Simh] "Plug and Play" adapter for PDP-11/70 panel - BlinkenBone update

Jörg Hoppe j_hoppe at t-online.de
Wed Jan 16 07:18:46 EST 2019


Ed,

> That sounds pretty good to me, so I'm very inclined to buy a set of boards.
Thanks! Have some sets, can complete in a week.
> 
> Just a question or two, what is the relative speed of  the simulated 11/70
> compared to a real one? 
The BBB has a 1GHz ARM, comparable to RPi. Is fast enough, I never run 
SimH unthrottled.
> And do you throttle SIMH using 'set throttle=<x>%'
> or 'set throttle <X>/<Y>'?
sim> sho throt
Throttle:                      2 megacycles
Throttle State:                Waiting for Init - wait: 0

By the way, there's also a fresh google group:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/blinkenbone


best regards,
Joerg


> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Ed
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> 
> On Wed, January 16, 2019 11:17, Jörg Hoppe wrote:
>>
>> There's a new adapter board for the BlinkenBone system.
>> Now you can painlessly plug a physical 11/70 panel to the extended SimH
>> running on a BeagleBone.
>>
>> See
>> http://www.retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone/physical-pdp-11-70-panels/288-pdp-11-70-console-panel-on-blinkenbone-plug-and-play-adapter
>>
>> Entry to far-too-many web pages here:
>> http://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone
>>
>>
>> All in all there are now at least 3 different (but compatible) ways to
>> get a blinking 11/70 with SimH.
>>
>> - Connect a real 11/70 panel
>> http://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone/physical-pdp-11-70-panels
>>
>> - Run the virtual Java panel
>> http://retrocmp.com/projects/blinkenbone/simulated-panels/243-blinkenbone-panelsim-pdp11-70
>> Download &run from github https://github.com/j-hoppe/BlinkenBone/releases
>>
>> - get Oscars Vermeulens PiDP11
>> http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11
>>
>> Is that enough '70 now?
>>
>> Joerg
>>
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