rattydave/alpine-simh repository overview

⁠alpine-simh

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS. Suggestions and scripts for missing machines, disk or tape scripts are very welcome!

Use https://github.com/RattyDAVE/alpine-simh/issues⁠ to send feedback, issues, comments and general chat.

⁠Part of the retro mini and mainframe series.

• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/alpine-multics⁠ - Fully Running Multics mainframe time sharing operating system. (1965)
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-tss⁠ - Fully running version 3.0 of IBM's Time Sharing System/370
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-vm370⁠ - vm370 Emulator with Robert O'Hara's Six Pack
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/docker-ubuntu-hercules-mvs⁠ - Fully running MVS 3.8j Tur(n)key 4- System. IBM Mainframe.
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/alpine-simh/⁠ - AT&T, Data General, DEC PDPs and VAXen, Honeywell, HP and others. All with OSs.
• https://hub.docker.com/r/rattydave/cray1/⁠ - Cray 1 Supercomputer

⁠Usage

docker run \
    --name mini \
    -it \
    -p 2323:2323 \
    -p 2324:2324 \
    -p 2325:2325 \
    -p 2326:2326 \
    rattydave/alpine-simh

simh built from the latest source.

• rattydave/alpine-simh:latest - built from OpenSIMH source with the scripts to install the machines too.

⁠Auto Update

To automatically update I recomend using watchtower.

docker run -d \
    --name watchtower \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    containrrr/watchtower

⁠Running

To run the included machines change directory to the /machine directory and then change to the sub directory for the machine.

In there are the install and run scripts.

Example to INSTALL.

cd /machines/3b2
./install_3b2.sh

Example to RUN.

cd /machines/3b2
./run_3b2.sh

A README.md may also be included for information on how to use it.

⁠DEC

⁠pdp8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8⁠

• ESI-X for the PDP-8 (courtesy of the author, David J Waks).

  • NOT INSTALLED Commented out in install_pdp8.sh

• FOCAL69 for the PDP-8 (courtesy of Digital Equipment Corporation).

  • NOT INSTALLED Commented out in install_pdp8.sh

• OS/8 for the PDP-8 (under license provided by Digital Equipment Corporation).

  • NOT INSTALLED Commented out in install_pdp8.sh

• 4k Disk Monitor System for the PDP-8 (courtesy of Digital Equipment Corporation).

  • NOT INSTALLED Commented out in install_pdp8.sh

• CAPS-8 cassette operating system for the PDP-8 (courtesy of Digital Equipment Corporation, prepared by David Gesswein).

  • NOT INSTALLED Commented out in install_pdp8.sh

⁠pdp11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11⁠

• CAPS-11 BASIC interactive BASIC operating environment for a PDP-11 with casette storage (courtesy of Digital Equipment Corporation, prepared by Malcolm Macleod and Lou Ernst)
  • Installed in BASIC_CAPS-11_distribution WORKING

⁠pdp15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-15⁠

• XVM/DOS for the PDP-15 (courtesy of Digital Equipment Corporation). Not installed.

⁠vax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX⁠

• NetBSD 7.1.1 http://www.netbsd.org/⁠ WORKING