[Simh] EXT : MAME and simh

[Craig Hargreaves]

Putty and other terminal emulators do not support all of the features of a
real VT. Soft fonts, REGIS., Sixel Graphics  etc. Utilising MAME and a real
ROM will (should).  The DECWindows DECTerm supports most of the features.

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, 16:18 Hittner, David T [US] (MS), <david.hittner at ngc.com>
wrote:

> Why not use PuTTY for the VT terminal emulator, which is known to work
> with SIMH?
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> What is the point of trying to use MAME for VT emulation?
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> *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
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> Hi folks,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I have found some helpful information on the web, specifically
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> https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html
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> and
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>  https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_and_SIMH
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> My normal Linux system is CentOS 6, CentOS 7 or Fedora 31, but I also have
> Debian 10.1 available.
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> I run several simulated VAX and PDP-11 instances using simh.
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> Cheers
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> Peter Allan
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