[Simh] EXT : MAME and simh

[Dan Gahlinger]

or SecureCRT which has a whole slew of VT terminal support, control and options.
free for 30 days but definitely worth the price.

it's what I use for my vax emulation with simh

MAME is multi ARCADE machine emulator, and while it may support or use the roms for VT terminals, it's only meant for use with the game machines that need it.
don't ask me which ones, I have no idea.

as per mame maybe you could be confusing "rom" with "firmware"

mame emulating a VT terminal makes zero sense.

Dan
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From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Hittner, David T [US] (MS) <david.hittner at ngc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:17:47 AM
To: Peter Allan <petermallan at gmail.com>; Simh Trailing-Edge Mailing List <simh at trailing-edge.com>
Subject: Re: [Simh] EXT : MAME and simh


Why not use PuTTY for the VT terminal emulator, which is known to work with SIMH?



What is the point of trying to use MAME for VT emulation?



From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> On Behalf Of Peter Allan
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 9:34 AM
To: Simh Trailing-Edge Mailing List <simh at trailing-edge.com>
Subject: EXT :[Simh] MAME and simh



Hi folks,



I am trying to get MAME to talk to simh in order to use MAME as a VT terminal emulator. However, I am failing to get the two to talk to each other. I have been using simh for over 10 years, but I only picked up MAME two days ago.



I have tried MAME v 0.222 on Windows 10 and MAME v 0.208 on Debian 10.1. Both start up successfully, but I have trouble using them. I also have a set of 13 ROMs for several VT terminals.



I have found some helpful information on the web, specifically



https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html



and



 https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_and_SIMH



The latter page looks like it should be just what I am looking for, but it describes using a VT240 ROM. My vt240 ROM doesn't work. My vt220 ROM does work, but when I follow the instructions to 'press F3 to enter setup', nothing happens.



I have also got the impression that some of the command line options for mame have changed over time, so some older information on the web may no longer be accurate.



So, has anyone got this combination to work? If so, can they send me exact instructions on how to do it please. I hope that I am simply failing to do something that will become obvious with hindsight.



My normal Linux system is CentOS 6, CentOS 7 or Fedora 31, but I also have Debian 10.1 available.



I run several simulated VAX and PDP-11 instances using simh.



Cheers



Peter Allan


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