SIMH
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 8, 2025first mention
Aug 29, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“with mame² might be an option”
“I've got a VAX/VMS 11/780 that I can run inside it thanks to SimH and Termux.”
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“SIMH emulates the PDP-11”
Caveats and dissent
“What is missing for a SIMH simulator is original software to make sure the simulator is accurate (currently it is not).”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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- French CII's Mitra-15 in SIMH. Work in Progress 1 mention
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- Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST 1 mention
- Termux 1 mention
- Ask HN: Are there any viable Android phones for a power user to buy nowadays? 1 mention
Also written as SimH. Data: simh.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“What is missing for a SIMH simulator is original software to make sure the simulator is accurate (currently it is not).”
“I would set up SIMH, install RSTS/E on it”
“with mame² might be an option”
“thanks to SimH”
“I've got a VAX/VMS 11/780 that I can run inside it thanks to SimH and Termux.”
“I wonder if Lars got a GT40 emulator working with SIMH”
“I've made some half-hearted attempts to boot TurboDOS up under simh, but it isn't the same.”
“under simh-classic”
“we did install VMS 7 on simh”
“SIMH emulates the PDP-11”