Bob Supnik's PDP-11 Emulator

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Thu Aug 27 22:30:23 1998

>Bill Pechter wrote:

> > Plus, I understand that the Bob Supnick emulator - which is what Mentec
> > does not bother to name by name is what the Mentec license refers to.
> > Does anyone know if there is a version which runs under MS-DOS or
> > Windows 95/98? I realize that the Bob Supnick emulator is written in
> > "C" and normally runs under UNIX. Does that mean that it can't run
> > under MS-DOS, or is it just that no one has ever tried?
> To the best of my knowledge no one has tried (especially since E11
> runs under DOS already). I'd love to see the Supnick emulators
> under Windows (3.1 or 95) with a graphical front panel like the Doug
> Jones PDP8 emulator under X11.
>
> Imagine real toggle switches and 11/45 emulation running V7 or the RT11
> RSTS/E or RSX light pattern (all different) showing up in real-time...
>
> Any Visual C/Borland C types want to try it?

Jerome Fine replies:

A friend of mine says he has an old version of Borland Turbo C 2.0
that runs under MS-DOS. Would that do the job?

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
RT-11/TSX-PLUS User/Addict
Year 2000 Solutions for Legacy RT-11 Applications
(Sources not always required)
Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 22:30:23 BST