THIS IS A SUBSET OF THE FP 2.0 PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE DG NOVA EMULATOR PORT


Abstract from the "FrontPanel 2.0" README
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   Copyright (c) 2007-2008, John Kichury

   This software and documentation is freely distributable free of charge and 
   without license fees with the following conditions:

   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
   JOHN KICHURY BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
   IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
   CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

   The above copyright notice and conditions must be included in any copies 
   of this software.

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   Additional copyright and restrictions information
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   The following lists the programs and content included in this project that was not
   created by the author of FrontPanel, and may be subject to restrictions.


    1. Simh 

            The Computer History Simulation Project (http://simh.trailing-edge.com/)
            Consult the above web-site and/or the source files in the nova and altair
            directories for legal information and/or restrictions.

    2. (...)


    3. Image content used for system front panels

            Altair 8800 images obtained from http://www.digibarn.com/, and available under the
	    Creative Commons license detailed at http://www.digibarn.com/notice/notice.cc.html

            DG Nova 3 front panel image obtained from http://www.dvq.com, and available under
	    Creative Commons license detailed at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

	    
    4. jpeg image file reading code obtained from the Independent JPEG Group at http://www.ijg.org/

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Description:
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The FrontPanel project is intended to be a contribution for assisting in the preservation of
computer history.  It is a library for dynamically simulating the physical appearance of 
the front panel on historic computers.  It has methods for describing lights, switches, 
graphics elements for obtaining realistic physical appearances, and a programming interface for 
integration into a computer simulation program.

For detailed technical information please consult the user manual in the doc/ subdirectory.

This directory contains the source code for FrontPanel and examples using  
modified versions of simh for simulating the Data General Nova 1200, Nova3, Digital Computer Controls D-116.

OpenGL hardware acceleration is required.
The behavior of the lights on the front panels will be realistic.


Running the examples:
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  To run the examples, cd into the respective run directory and invoke the run script of your choice.
  Each example will result in a graphics window to be opened displaying the system, and the 
  console output will appear in the shell window from which you invoked the simulator. Quitting 
  the simulation can be accomplished by typing control-E (which is the default interrupt in simh),
  then typing 'quit'.


	  DG Nova 1200, DG Nova 3, DCC D-116 systems
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	  cd nova/rundir
	  consult the README file in there.
	  Invoke the run_* script of your choosing.

 

contact: jjk439 at gmail dot com

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