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How to install ! Nova RDOS on SIMH Nova Emulator?

We can run ! Nova RDOS on the SIMH Nova emulator. First, we need to download the ! Nova RDOS kit for SIMH Nova emulator.

Downloads

You can download the needed kit from the "SIMH Legacy" website:

• ! Nova RDOS kit for SIMH Nova emulator

If you are on Windows, you may need to install additional software such as 7-Zip to extract the kit.

Using ! Nova RDOS

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If you have not already installed SIMH Nova 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 two folders. Open the folder named Disks. Create a folder somewhere to store the files for this VM, and move the file named rdos_d31.dsk into it.

Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called nova.ini with the following content in the VM folder:

att dkp0 rdos_d31.dsk
set tti dasher
boot dkp0

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

nova

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 Nova emulator. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM.

Linux

Create a file called Nova-RDOS.sh with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
nova

Now make the file executable:

chmod +x Nova-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 Nova-RDOS.bat with the following content:

nova

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.