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How to install ! Nova RDOS on SIMH Eclipse Emulator?
We can run ! Nova RDOS on the SIMH Eclipse emulator. First, we need to download the ! Nova RDOS kit for SIMH Eclipse emulator.
Downloads
You can download the needed kit from the "SIMH Legacy" website:
Using ! Nova RDOS
:::tip
If you have not already installed SIMH Eclipse emulator, see the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so on Linux and Windows.
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Extract the kit you downloaded. Inside you will find a file called zrdos75.dsk. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM, and move the file named zrdos75.dsk into it.
Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called eclipse.ini with the following content in the VM folder:
att dkp0 zrdos75.dsk
set tti dasher
boot dkp0
Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator:
eclipse
After the emulator starts, press enter when asked for filename. When asked for date, enter it in MM/DD/YY format. For example, enter 04/13/74. Keep the year in 1970s or 80s, to avoid any issues. Similarly, when asked for time, enter it in HH:MM:SS format. For example, enter 12:55:31.
Now you can enter LIST to see a list of files available:
That's it! We used ! Nova RDOS on SIMH Eclipse emulator. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM.
Linux
Create a file called Eclipse-RDOS.sh with the following content:
#!/bin/bash
eclipse
Now make the file executable:
chmod +x Eclipse-RDOS.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 ! Nova RDOS page to learn how to use it.
Windows
Create a file called Eclipse-RDOS.bat with the following content:
eclipse
Now you can start the VM by double-clicking the shell script. See the manuals section on the main ! Nova RDOS 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.
Archives of this tutorial may be available on Wayback Machine.