[GreenKeys] 33 Emulator

[Hugh Pyle]

Good feedback - thanks!

This branch has an attempt at a Telnet back-end.  Let me know if it works
with simh!
https://github.com/hughpyle/ttyemu/tree/telnet-backend




On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 6:09 PM Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> I did a bit of reading on SSH and I think I understand now. It would be
> nice if it were possible to use SSH like Putty does it too, but I would
> really like it to offer Telnet too so that I can connect to SIMH
> emulations. I would do it myself but I am not that familiar with Python.
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> The 33 emulator looks really great and I can’t wait to use it on SIMH.
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> Regards
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> Rob
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> *From:* Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
> *Sent:* 11 July 2020 21:08
> *To:* rob at jarratt.me.uk; 'Rob Jarratt' <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>;
> 'Hugh Pyle' <hpyle at cabezal.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [GreenKeys] 33 Emulator
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> A couple of corrections, I had to do this:
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> py -m pip install --upgrade pip (admin command prompt)
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> py -m pip install -U pygame --user
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> py -m pip install -U paramiko --user
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> Also though, the code seems to expect a private key file for SSH. I am not
> too experienced with SSH, but surely that isn’t right? I know that when
> first connecting to a new host using Putty it asks you if you want to trust
> the machine you are connecting to, and presumably saves the public key for
> next time. Can Paramiko be setup to do this too?
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> Regards
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> Rob
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> *From:* greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <
> greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Rob Jarratt via
> GreenKeys
> *Sent:* 11 July 2020 16:40
> *To:* 'Hugh Pyle' <hpyle at cabezal.com>; rob at jarratt.me.uk
> *Cc:* 'Greenkeys' <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] 33 Emulator
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> Thanks. Might be worth putting some basic installation instructions for
> the major platforms. I happen to have Visual Studio on my machine and so I
> needed to do the following from the developer command prompt:
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> py -m pip install --upgrade pip (requires admin permissions)
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> py -m pip install -U pygame –user
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> SIMH has a telnet server for communicating with emulators, it would be
> nice to support that option too.
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> Regards
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> Rob
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> *From:* Hugh Pyle <hpyle at cabezal.com>
> *Sent:* 11 July 2020 14:58
> *To:* rob at jarratt.me.uk
> *Cc:* Greenkeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] 33 Emulator
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> Hi Rob -
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> Yes, it runs on Windows.  The main prerequisite is "pygame", which has
> some install instructions here:
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> https://www.pygame.org/wiki/GettingStarted
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> Also right now you'll need to edit the "ttyemu.py" file to have it connect
> to something.  At the end of that file are various configurations, in the
> video I'm using the Paramiko backend to connect to a Linux server over
> SSH.   (Hopefully that config will be simpler in the future).
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> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 7:06 AM Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
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> Does this run on Windows by any chance?
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> Regards
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> Rob
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> *From:* greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <
> greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *Hugh Pyle
> *Sent:* 10 July 2020 21:33
> *To:* Greenkeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [GreenKeys] 33 Emulator
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>
> Almost better than the real thing:  a Model 33 terminal emulator.  This is
> not my project, originally; but this week I've added sound effects, and I
> think the result is quite nicely realistic.  You can even open and close
> the lid.
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> Video: https://youtu.be/jd5oomwEBb0
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> Code:  https://github.com/hughpyle/ttyemu
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> There's not much documentation in the project yet, so you'll need to be
> quite familiar with Python to get it running.  Happy to help if anyone gets
> stuck trying.
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> -Hugh
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