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

We can run ! HP 2100 RTE-III on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator. First, we need to download the ! HP 2100 RTE-III disk image.

Downloads

You can download the disk image needed to run ! HP 2100 RTE-III on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator from our GitHub repository:

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The disk image comes from a zip file in GitHub user "rsanchovilla"'s SimH_cpanel repository. You can extract the disk image from that zip file yourself, if you want.

• ! HP 2100 RTE-III disk image

Using ! HP 2100 RTE-III

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

Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM and move the disk image you just downloaded 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 1000-M
set cpu 1024K
set dpc 13210A
set ds0 7925
set ds1 7906
set ptr sc=10
set clk sc=11
set ds  sc=12
set msc sc=13
set mpx sc=15
set tty sc=16
set ptp sc=17
set lpt sc=20
set lps sc=21
set dpc sc=22
att dpc0 -q RTE-III.disc
set lps enabled
set dqc disabled
set drc disabled
set mux disabled
set mtc disabled
set tty noautolf
set console del=177
d s 0
boot dpc0
go

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

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

Linux

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

#!/bin/bash
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Now make the file executable:

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

Windows

Create a file called RTE-III.bat with the following content:

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

Credits

• The disk image comes from a zip file in GitHub user "rsanchovilla"'s SimH_cpanel repository.

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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