Improve coverage of Windows hosts (1970)

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@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ The prompt will change to `#`. Type `/DI` to see a list of files in the `1,1` ac
To exit `PIP`, you can press `Ctrl` + `C`. After the prompt turns to `.`, type `KI` and press enter. To quit the emulation, press `Ctrl` + `e` and then enter `exit`.
That's it! We used ! DOS-11. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. Create a file called `dos-11.sh` with the following content:
That's it! We used ! DOS-11. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM.
### Linux
Create a file called `dos-11.sh` with the following content:
```bash
#!/bin/bash
@ -207,15 +211,15 @@ Now you can start the VM using the shell script. For example, on KDE you can rig
See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/dos-11/#manuals) on the [main ! DOS-11 page](/1970s/1970/dos-11) to learn how to use it.
## Windows
### Windows
:::tip
Create a file called `dos-11.bat` with the following content:
You should use Linux. If you dont know how to install a Linux distro, see [our tutorials on how to install Kubuntu](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/tag/os/), a beginner-friendly distro.
```bash
pdp11
```
:::
On Windows, you need to place the `PDP11.exe` file you downloaded in [this tutorial](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp11#windows) in the VM folder. Then you can follow the above tutorial as usual. The shell script will not work on Windows. You need to rename it to `dos-11.bat`. Then you can double-click the file to launch the VM, no need to make it executable.
Now you can start the VM by double-clicking the shell script. See the [manuals section](/1970s/1970/dos-11/#manuals) on the [main ! DOS-11 page](/1970s/1970/dos-11) to learn how to use it.
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