How to install ! HP 2100 RTE on SIMH?

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

Downloads

You can download the kit needed to run ! HP 2100 RTE on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:

• ! HP 2100 RTE kit

Using ! HP 2100 RTE

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 files named RTE_MH.disc into it. Open the rtgen folder inside the extracted folder and move the file called mh_boot.abs to the VM folder.

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:

break delay 100000
reply delay 50000
set cpu 2116
set cpu 32k
SET CPU EAU
set ptr sc=10
set clk sc=11
set tty sc=16
set ptp sc=17
set lpt sc=20
set tty noautolf
set console del=177
set dpd dis
set drc dis
set dpc 13210A
set dpc sc=22
set dpc ena
att dpc RTE_MH.disc
att -n lpt printer.txt
att ptr -e mh_boot.abs
boot ptr
d s 0
go

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

hp2100

Press enter when asked for time. After you see the * prompt, type ON,FMGR and press enter to start file manager:

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

Linux

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

#!/bin/bash
hp2100

Now make the file executable:

chmod +x HP-2100-RTE.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 RTE page to learn how to use it.

Windows

Create a file called HP-2100-RTE.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 RTE page to learn how to use it.

Credits

• The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on SimH "Classic" website.

Video tutorial

Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our YouTube channel soon.

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