On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Dan Roganti <ragooman@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Dan Roganti <ragooman@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 6:47 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
au contraire...My PiDP is a fully functional simH instance, basically the box with the lights is a glorified case for the computer. I have nerwokring, ext. keyboard, HDMI port if I want it. I can attach to a serial terminal to make it look legit. I can run other simH systems with it too, but the lights don't work as there is no hook for that.
Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net
ah ok, so the console on the tty port is configured, so i can just hang a terminal on that, and that's still the command line console for the RPi while running simH, right ? Dan
oh wait, it sounds like the serial port on the RPi is strictly a console for the PiDP8 while running simH I guess you just ssh to the RPi since you have a network hooked up ?? so then you can run a command line console on your desktop I was thinking to avoid having to keep a spare monitor and keybd just for that just to access the command line console. Dan
I think I answered my question again about the serial port on the RPi I see in his instructions that the same serial port, used for the PDP8 console, can also switch back to the command line, by using the simH commands to detach just as with command line terminal on a desktop, that makes sense, so then you don't need a spare monitor or usb keyboard Dan