MacVAX: Fear the emulator.

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I was looking to work on something ‘different’ for a change, and in a fit of nostalgia for a bygone era I somehow missed, I stumbled back upon SIMH. Think of it as MAME for old gear, well, ok, MESS. Anyhow, I see that since I tinkered with it last, oh, cough years ago, there’s Ethernet support for pdp11 and vax.

Diving into the code, I see it uses pcap. Woohoo! I can do that! Sadly, though, it built and runs perfectly fine by itself. ;)

KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7 Performing normal system tests. 40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25.. 24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09.. 08..07..06..05..04..03.. Tests completed. >>>

Argh. I miss my 3100/42As now… and I just recently gave away both my VAX and Alpha VMS hobbyist media. :(

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