Does PDP11GUI have blinkenlights? I use GUI for my Heath H11 and it works great but I do like blinkenlights.
Rich Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Paul Birkel <pbir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sounds like PDP11GUI ... with the glass-interface supplemented by a > mechanical one? > > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel > Chiappa > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 7:41 AM > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu > Subject: Re: I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights > >> From: Ed Sharpe > >> I want a front panel for my lsi 11 w/switches and lights! > > That's going to be a little tricky. The LSI11 obvously doesn't have a > hardware interface on/in the CPU which would allow a lot of the functions > traditionally found in a front panel (e.g. examining registers, single step, > etc). > > Some of them can be done (e.g. a halt/run switch, which LSI-11's already > support), and others could be 'sorta' done - e.g. if the CPU is running, DMA > could be used to read/write memory locations. > > Probably the best way to have an emulated front panel is to build a board > that i) emulates the system serial console on the QBUS (i.e. responds to > 177560-6), and ii) has a micro or something which uses ODT to emulate the > full range of normal console commands, and drives a set of LEDs and > switches. > > E.g. hitting the 'continue' switch when the processor was halted would issue > a 'P' command to ODT; when the 'halt' switch is raised, it would read the PC > printed when the CPU halted, and display that in LEDs, etc, etc. > > Sounds like an amusing project for someone. Any takers? :-) > > Noel >
