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SIMH HP 2100 HP 2100 RTE HP 1970s 1973	./HP-2100-RTE-3.webp	We can run ! HP 2100 RTE on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator. First, we need to download the ! HP 2100 RTE kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! HP 2100 RTE on the SIMH HP 2100 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:	1	! HP 2100 RTE on SIMH

How to install ! HP 2100 RTE on SIMH?

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

Downloads

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

• ! HP 2100 RTE kit

Using ! HP 2100 RTE

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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 files named RTE_MH.disc into it. Open the rtgen folder inside the extracted folder and move the file called mh_boot.abs to the VM folder.

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:

break delay 100000
reply delay 50000
set cpu 2116
set cpu 32k
SET CPU EAU
set ptr sc=10
set clk sc=11
set tty sc=16
set ptp sc=17
set lpt sc=20
set tty noautolf
set console del=177
set dpd dis
set drc dis
set dpc 13210A
set dpc sc=22
set dpc ena
att dpc RTE_MH.disc
att -n lpt printer.txt
att ptr -e mh_boot.abs
boot ptr
d s 0
go

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

hp2100

Press enter when asked for time. After you see the * prompt, type ON,FMGR and press enter to start file manager:

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

Linux

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

#!/bin/bash
hp2100

Now make the file executable:

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

Windows

Create a file called HP-2100-RTE.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 RTE 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.