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A PDP-11 emulator in the browser running Unix V6

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In somewhat-related news, I have a green-phosphor VT100 serial terminal hooked up to my Raspberry Pi 3 via a USB/RS232 adapter and I run SIMH emulating a PDP-11 running period-appropriate UNIX V. Great fun.

Green VT-100 are rare afaik. Usually white.

Where does one get a vt100 like that?

eBay — search for ”vt100 serial terminal” and you should find plenty compatible devices.

DEC VT420 = best VT box ever. And if you can't get one of those, try to nail down a VT320.

Pics?

That sounds awesome.

If you're wondering what Western Electric had to do with UNIX:

http://tech-insider.org/unix/research/1983/0517.html

Western Electric was Bell's manufacturing division, and they had machines running Unix earlier, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3B_series_computers

Doesn't seem possible to invoke an on-screen keyboard when using Android's Chrome.

(Press Run > tap into input box to begin typing - no keyboard presented)

at the first prompt after boot-up enter

CHDIR USR/GAMES

WUMP

  FALKEN'S MAZE
  BLACK JACK
  GIN RUMMY
  HEARTS
  BRIDGE
  CHECKERS
  CHESS
  POKER
  FIGHTER COMBAT
  GUERRILLA ENGAGEMENT
  DESERT WARFARE
  AIR-TO-GROUND ACTIONS
  THEATERWIDE TACTICAL WARFARE
  THEATERWIDE BIOTOXIC AND CHEMICAL WARFARE
  GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR

  SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?

It's a somewhat competent chess player too.

For anyone who doesn't know, Ken Thompson was an important figure in the '70s computer-chess movement http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/brute-force-vs-knowledg... .

Would you like to play a game?

How about Thermonuclear War?

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