SIMH
Developer(s) | Robert M. Supnik |
---|---|
Initial release | 1993[1] |
Stable release |
3.9
/ May 3, 2012 |
Preview release |
4.0
|
Repository |
|
Operating system | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OpenVMS |
Platform | x86, IA-64, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM |
Type | Hardware virtualization |
License | MIT (modified) |
Website | http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ |
SIMH is a highly portable, multi-system emulator which runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and OpenVMS. It is maintained by Bob Supnik, a former DEC engineer and DEC vice president, and has been in development in one form or another since the 1960s.
History
SIMH was based on a much older systems emulator called MIMIC, which was written in the late 1960s at Applied Data Research.[1] SIMH was started in 1993 with the purpose of preserving minicomputer hardware and software which was fading into obscurity.[1]
Emulated hardware
SIMH emulates hardware from the following companies.
AT&T
Burroughs
Control Data Corporation
Data General
Digital Equipment Corporation
GRI Corporation
- GRI-909
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell
- H316
- H516
Hobbyist projects
IBM
Interdata
- 16-bit series
- 32-bit series
Lincoln Labs – MIT Research Lab
Manchester University
MITS
- Altair 8800 both Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 versions
Royal-Mcbee
- LGP-30
- LGP-21
Scientific Data Systems
Soviet
References
- 1 2 3 "Preserving Computing's Past: Restoration and Simulation" Max Burnet and Bob Supnik, Digital Technical Journal, Volume 8, Number 3, 1996.
- ↑ http://www.schorn.ch/altair_5.php
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