diff --git a/docs/1970s/1971/os8/simh/index.md b/docs/1970s/1971/os8/simh/index.md index 39689c3..ab4b8d6 100644 --- a/docs/1970s/1971/os8/simh/index.md +++ b/docs/1970s/1971/os8/simh/index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ keywords: ["OS/8", "PDP-8", SIMH, 1970s, 1971] image: ./OS8-SIMH-3.webp description: 'We can run ! OS/8 on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator. First, we need to download the ! OS/8 kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! OS/8 on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:' sidebar_position: 1 -sidebar_label: "! OS/8 Unix on SIMH" +sidebar_label: "! OS/8 on SIMH" --- # How to install ! OS/8 on SIMH? diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/caps-8.webp b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/caps-8.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67133c1 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/caps-8.webp differ diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/index.md b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2af5c19 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +keywords: ["CAPS-8", "PDP-8", 1970s, 1973] +image: ./caps-8.webp +description: "! CAPS-8 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-8 computer. We can run it on SIMH emulator." +sidebar_position: 5 +--- + +import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList'; + +# ! CAPS-8 + +![! CAPS-8](./caps-8.webp) + +! CAPS-8 was an operating system for the DEC PDP-8 computer. We can run it on SIMH emulator. + + + +## Manuals + +You can download the ! CAPS-8 manuals from here: + +- [! CAPS-8 User Manual](http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/caps8/DEC-8E-OCASA-B-D_CAPS8_UG.pdf) + +You may also be interested in the PDP-8 manuals. They were the computers on which ! CAPS-8 was supposed to run. You can download them from Bitsavers: + +- [PDP-8 Manuals](http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/) + +## Related Pages + +- [VirtualHub Screenshots](https://screenshots.virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1973/caps-8/) +- [Wikipedia PDP-8 page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8) +- [Computer History Wiki PDP-8 page](https://gunkies.org/wiki/PDP-8) + +## Credits + +- The manuals were taken from [Bitsavers](http://bitsavers.org). diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-1.webp b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-1.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d83f098 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-1.webp differ diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-2.webp b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-2.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9a6b49 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-2.webp differ diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7181b73 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp differ diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/index.md b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e16a94 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +--- +keywords: ["CAPS-8", "PDP-8", SIMH, 1970s, 1973] +image: ./CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp +description: 'We can run ! CAPS-8 on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator. First, we need to download the ! CAPS-8 kit. You can download the kit needed to run ! CAPS-8 on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator from the "SIMH Legacy" website:' +sidebar_position: 1 +sidebar_label: "! CAPS-8 on SIMH" +--- + +# How to install ! CAPS-8 on SIMH? + +![SIMH PDP-8 emulator with ! CAPS-8](./CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp) + +We can run [! CAPS-8](/1970s/1973/caps-8) on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator. First, we need to download the ! CAPS-8 kit. + +## Downloads + +You can download the kit needed to run ! CAPS-8 on the SIMH PDP-8 emulator from the ["SIMH Legacy" website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/): + +- [! CAPS-8 kit](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/kits/caps8_all.zip) + +## Using ! CAPS-8 + +:::tip + +If you have not already installed SIMH PDP-8 emulator, see [the VirtualHub Setup tutorial on how to do so](https://setup.virtualhub.eu.org/simh-pdp8/) on Linux and Windows. + +::: + +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 `caps8.tu60` into it. + +Now we will create a config file for our VM. Create a text file called `pdp8.ini` with the following content in the VM folder: + +```ini +set mt disable +set ct enable +att ct0 caps8.tu60 +boot ct0 +``` + +![pdp8.ini](./CAPS-8-SIMH-1.webp) + +Now open a terminal and move to the VM folder. Run the following command to start the emulator: + +```bash +pdp8 +``` + +![pdp8](./CAPS-8-SIMH-2.webp) + +After the emulator starts, you can enter `DIR` to see a list of files available: + +![List of files in ! CAPS-8](./CAPS-8-SIMH-3.webp) + +That's it! We used ! CAPS-8. We can create a shell script to make it easy to launch the VM. + +### Linux + +Create a file called `CAPS-8.sh` with the following content: + +```bash +#!/bin/bash +pdp8 +``` + +Now make the file executable: + +```bash +chmod +x CAPS-8.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](/1970s/1973/caps-8/#manuals) on the [main ! CAPS-8 page](/1970s/1973/caps-8/) to learn how to use it. + +### Windows + +Create a file called `CAPS-8.bat` with the following content: + +```bash +pdp8 +``` + +Now you can start the VM by double-clicking the shell script. See the [manuals section](/1970s/1973/caps-8/#manuals) on the [main ! CAPS-8 page](/1970s/1973/caps-8/) to learn how to use it. + +## Credits + +- The disk image and other files used above are from a kit available on [SimH "Classic" website](http://simh.trailing-edge.com/). + +## Video tutorial + +Do you want to follow the tutorial by watching a video? We will post a video on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@virtua1hub) soon. + +Archives of this tutorial may be available on [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://virtualhub.eu.org/1970s/1973/caps-8/simh/). diff --git a/docs/1970s/1973/index.md b/docs/1970s/1973/index.md index 2c76e60..a3ea757 100644 --- a/docs/1970s/1973/index.md +++ b/docs/1970s/1973/index.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- keywords: [1970s, 1973] image: ./1973.webp -description: "There were four operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1973. They were:" +description: "There were five operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1973. They were:" sidebar_position: 4 --- @@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ import DocCardList from '@theme/DocCardList'; ![! Alto OS Draw from 1973](./1973.webp) -There were four operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1973. They were: +There were five operating system of our interest which were released in the year 1973. They were: diff --git a/docs/start-here/dec/pdp8.md b/docs/start-here/dec/pdp8.md index 1949c95..c108600 100644 --- a/docs/start-here/dec/pdp8.md +++ b/docs/start-here/dec/pdp8.md @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ These operating systems were made by [DEC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital - [! 4K DMS](/1960s/1965/4kdms/) - [! TSS/8](/1960s/1968/tss8/) - [! OS/8](/1970s/1971/os8/) +- [! CAPS-8](/1970s/1973/caps-8/)