18 May
2013
18 May
'13
1:50 p.m.
On 05/18/2013 04:07 PM, Philipp Hachtmann wrote:
Am 18.05.2013 09:54, schrieb Paul Birkel:
Yebbut...having a grand old system like a PDP-11 on "life support" by
connecting it to a PC is something that I (and others) find extremely
distasteful. A standalone device would definitely have a market.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Consider sticking with period-appropriate storage
devices but integrate
emulation-support (rather than interfaces to hard-to-get hardware): DF32,
RL01/RL02, RK05, RX01/02, possibly others ... ? Maybe even TU56 (and TU58).
For example, see:
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?35525-RL02-RL01-simu…
But this guy did it the hard way: Create an emulation that makes use of the
serial drive interface.
It's easier to emulate peripherals on a system level i.e. to connect the FPGA
to the system bus and then emulate the controller, drives, and media.
The project you mentioned only emulates drive and media. As the drive
interface is (pure assumption!) quite low level bit serial, this is not
trivial. But possible.