How to install ! HP 2100 DOS-III on SIMH?

We can run ! HP 2100 DOS-III on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator. First, we need to download the ! HP 2100 DOS-III kit.

Downloads

You can download the kit needed to run ! HP 2100 DOS-III on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator from the GitHub user rsanchovilla's software kits repository:

• ! HP 2100 DOS-III kit

Using ! HP 2100 DOS-III

tip

If you have not already installed SIMH HP 2100 emulator, see the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so on Linux and Windows.

Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find several files. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM and move the file named DOS-III_0.disc and DOS-III_1.disc into it.

Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called hp2100.ini with the following content in the VM folder:

set cpu 2116
set cpu 32k
SET CPU EAU
set tty sc=11
set clk sc=12
set ptr sc=13
set tbg sc=17
set ptp sc=20
set tty autolf
set console del=177
set dpc 13210A
set dpc sc=22
set dpc ena
att dpc0 DOS-III_0.disc
att dpc1 DOS-III_1.disc
set msd sc=30
set msd ena
boot dpc0
echo
go

Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:

hp2100

Type :DATE,10JULY1975 when you encounter the @ prompt, and press enter. You can change the date as you wish. After you see some lines, and then another @ prompt, type :JOB and press enter.

To see list of user files, run :LIST,U,1.

That's it! We used ! HP 2100 DOS-III. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM.

Linux

Create a file called HP-2100-DOS-III.sh with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
hp2100

Now make the file executable:

chmod +x HP-2100-DOS-III.sh

Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can right-click the file and choose Run in Konsole or on GNOME, where you can right-click the file and choose Run as executable. The VM will start.

See the manuals section on the main ! HP 2100 DOS-III page to learn how to use it.

Windows

Create a file called HP-2100-DOS-III.bat with the following content:

hp2100

Now you can start the VM by double-clicking the shell script. See the manuals section on the main ! HP 2100 DOS-III page to learn how to use it.

Credits

• The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on the GitHub user rsanchovilla's software kits repository.

Video tutorial

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