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  • Re: DEC TOPS20

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Fri Feb 14 22:25:28 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:16:23 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at wrote:

    Are you saying SIMH already came with RasPi OS?

    Yup. Linux distros typically come with thousands of packages ready to
    install from their standard repos. And Debian (which Raspberry Pi OS is an offshoot of) is one of the more well-supplied ones.

    Integrated package management on Linux distros takes care of automatically bringing in any necessary dependencies, as well. And you can keep
    everything up-to-date with the latest available versions with just one or
    two commands.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Thu Feb 13 22:55:38 2025
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:08:06 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at wrote:

    Can I just use putty/ssh with a USB-USB cable as a terminal?

    SSH works over a network connection, not a serial line.

    I believe Windows Putty has provision for serial connections.

    I eventually want to use 1980s peripherals like HP2621a terminal and
    OKI82a printer and even a v90 modem. All have RS232 DB25 except
    printer which is centronix

    You should be able to attach multiple serial ports via USB. Not sure if
    there are adapters for parallel ports.

    Plus of course SIMH has provisions for faking these connections virtually.

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@3:770/3 to All on Thu Feb 13 21:08:06 2025
    I got a geekpi and I want to run TOPS20.

    Can I just use putty/ssh with a USB-USB cable as a terminal?

    I eventually want to use 1980s peripherals like HP2621a terminal and OKI82a printer and even a v90 modem. All have RS232 DB25 except printer which is centronix

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@3:770/3 to All on Fri Feb 14 18:16:23 2025
    Ok, kinda geeting there..

    Are you saying SIMH already came with RasPi OS?

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Fri Feb 14 00:54:04 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:24:00 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at wrote:

    Ok, I need to install SIMH. THat's were I need help.

    How does it know about ARM chips?

    The SIMH packages are a standard part of Debian, compiled for all the architectures it supports. They will be available in your ARM Debian
    (Raspberry Pi OS, is it officially called?).

    It seems I load the OS into a micro-SD (TF) card.

    WHat do I load?

    You should find ready-bootable images, and instructions, at the Raspberry
    Pi site.

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@3:770/3 to All on Fri Feb 14 00:24:00 2025
    Ok, I need to install SIMH. THat's were I need help.

    How does it know about ARM chips?

    It seems I load the OS into a micro-SD (TF) card.

    WHat do I load?

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  • From mm0fmf@3:770/3 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Fri Feb 14 19:02:16 2025
    On 14/02/2025 18:16, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Ok, kinda geeting there..

    Are you saying SIMH already came with RasPi OS?


    You do know how to install software from the OS repos?

    i.e. sudo apt install simh

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@3:770/3 to All on Sat Feb 15 00:57:26 2025
    One snag is I download from the library, no broadband at home
    (using plain text unix dialup right now).

    Short of taking RasPi with me to library, how can I download the components (and most Unix stuff has dependencies..)

    (Dang, I still wish there was a site which combined all dependencies!)

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@3:770/3 to All on Sat Feb 15 03:57:53 2025
    On Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:57:26 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at wrote:

    Short of taking RasPi with me to library, how can I download the
    components (and most Unix stuff has dependencies..)

    I think this might be it: <https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/>

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