[Simh] Historical gaming devices

2019-01-14 Thread Lars Brinkhoff
Hello, I'm adding simulations of some historical gaming devices to SIMH: - PDP-6/10 Spacewar consoles. Five switches, times four players. - PDP-6/10 A/D converter. Not really gaming, but used for games. - PDP-11 Dazzle Dart boxes. Eight switches, times four players. - PDP-11 Galaxy Game? I ha

Re: [Simh] Historical gaming devices

2019-01-14 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
Hi It has been discussed before, but the PDP-12 had one or two ports of Spacewar as well. While there is no support for the PDP-12 in simh, I think similar A/D equipment was available for the PDP-8 to attach controllers. Perhaps something to look into? Regards, Pontus. On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 a

[Simh] HP3000 Initial Speedsense Bug

2019-01-14 Thread Robert W.Mills
Dave, Is the workaround for this bug, as applied in mpe-1-reload.sim, permanently installed in mpe-reload.7920.disc? Robert ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh

Re: [Simh] Historical gaming devices

2019-01-14 Thread Clem Cole
Right, the 12 had A/D and joystick - the later is actually why the original Masscomp system had a joystick, not a mouse (a separate story - WRT's the 12's HW lead, the late Lorin Gale). There might be an ISPS description of it somewhere. ᐧ On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:17 AM Pontus Pihlgren wrote:

Re: [Simh] HP3000 Initial Speedsense Bug

2019-01-14 Thread J. David Bryan
On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 12:30, Robert W.Mills wrote: > Is the workaround for this bug, as applied in mpe-1-reload.sim, > permanently installed in mpe-reload.7920.disc? No, the patch is applied in memory only. The disc and tape images supplied in the software kit are unaltered, so the bug