Emultators on retro.cs.hmc.edu

The course server, retro.cs.hmc.edu, has a number of emulators installed that you can use to run your programs. Here's a list of the emulators available:

• SimH — This is a suite of emulators for different systems, including:
  • altair — The Altair 8800, the first personal computer
  • pdp1 — The PDP-1, the first computer from Digital Equipment Corporation
  • pdp7 - The easliest version of Unix was written on this computer
  • pdp11 — The PDP-11, a popular minicomputer, where Unix as we know it today was developed
  • vax — The VAX, a popular minicomputer in the 1980s, and arguably the ultimate CISC architecture
• tnylpo - A CP/M emulator that allows you to run CP/M programs as if they were just local programs on your computer

Where command names are given, you can type man command to get more information about the emulator. For example, man pdp11 will give you information about the PDP-11 emulator.

For SimH, you can download a number of “Software Kits” to run on the emulators from the SimH website. For example, to run V6 Unix on the PDP-11, you can download the V6 Unix Software Kit.

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