[Simh] EXT : MAME and simh

[Bob Eager]

xterm works extremely well if set up right.

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 16:37:24 +0000
Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> ________________________________
> 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
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> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Allan
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