PDP-10 (was Re: EDSAC on your desk.)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Sep 22 00:37:23 1998

I wrote:
> And besides, a simulated PDP-10 on a Pentium 2 is much faster than a real
> PDP-10 :-)

Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
> I guess this is a copy of the unobtainable -10 simulator?

It can't be too unobtainable, since I got a copy. It's not the KLH
simulator, if that's what you're thinking. It's Stu Grossman's kx10.

> How does it model disks etc?

It simulates RP06 drives attached to an RH20 massbus channel, as would
be configured on a DECsystem-109x or a KL10-based DECSYSTEM-20.

It also simulates an NI20 (or is it NIA20? I've seen it both ways.)
Ethernet interface, using the BPF to assign a separate Ethernet MAC
address. It's nice being able to telnet into TOPS-20 again.

I haven't been in touch with Stu for a while; I don't know whether he
is getting any closer to releasing it.

Cheers,
Eric
Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 00:37:23 BST