If you'd rather do text mode than X, why not use
Linux's virtual
consoles instead of screen?
Screen is the ideal way to run SIMH or E11, by running under screen
you can ssh into the system and connect to screen. You don't
actually have to have physical access to the system to do stuff with
the emulator. Also, if you do have physical access you can
disconnect screen and log out of the system. Or, you can set it up
some that SIMH is run under screen as part of the system startup
(only good for OS's that don't require you to answer prompts).
Zane
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