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SIMH HP 2100 HP 2100 DOS HP 1960s 1969	./HP-2100-DOS-3.webp	We can run ! HP 2100 DOS on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator. First, we need to download the ! HP 2100 DOS kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! HP 2100 DOS on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:	1	! HP 2100 DOS on SIMH

How to install ! HP 2100 DOS on SIMH?

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

Downloads

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

• ! HP 2100 DOS kit

Using ! HP 2100 DOS

:::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.

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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 file named DOS.disc 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 2116
set cpu 32k
SET CPU EAU
SET MP ena
set tty sc=11
set clk sc=12
set ptr sc=13
set tbg sc=17
set ptp sc=20
set tty autolf
set console del=177
set dpd dis
SET drc 720K
set drc sc=21
set drc ena
att drc DOS.disc
echo
boot drc
d s 1
go until "CO=CONTINUATION"
reply "CO\r"
go until ":DATE,XXXXXXXXXX,H,M"
go until "@"
reply ":DATE,10JULY1969\r"
go until "@"
go until "\r"
reply ":JOB\r"
go

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

hp2100

After the emulator starts, type :LIST,X,1 and press enter. It will list all the files available on the disk.

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

Linux

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

#!/bin/bash
hp2100

Now make the file executable:

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

Windows

Create a file called HP-2100-DOS.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 DOS 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 are available on Wayback Machine.