SIMH
SIMH is a highly portable, multi-system emulator which runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and OpenVMS. It is maintained by Bob Supnik, a former DEC engineer and DEC vice president, and has been in development in one form or another since the 1960s.
Developer(s) | Robert M. Supnik |
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Initial release | 1993[1] |
Stable release | 3.10
/ February 24, 2019 |
Preview release | 4.0
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Repository | ![]() |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OpenVMS |
Platform | x86, IA-64, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM |
Type | Hardware virtualization |
License | MIT (modified) |
Website | simh![]() |
History
SIMH was based on a much older systems emulator called MIMIC, which was written in the late 1960s at Applied Data Research.[1] SIMH was started in 1993 with the purpose of preserving minicomputer hardware and software which was fading into obscurity.[1]
Emulated hardware

Version 6 Unix for the PDP-11, running in SIMH

Version 7 Unix for the PDP-11, running in SIMH
SIMH emulates hardware from the following companies.
Advanced Computer Design
- PDQ-3
AT&T
BESM
Burroughs
Control Data Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation
GRI Corporation
- GRI-909
Honeywell
- H316
- H516
Intel
- Intel systems 8010 and 8020
Interdata
- 16-bit series
- 32-bit series
Lincoln Labs – MIT Research Lab
Manchester University
MITS
- Altair 8800 both Intel 8080 and Zilog Z80 versions
Royal-Mcbee
- LGP-30
- LGP-21
Sage Computer Technology
- Sage II
Scientific Data Systems
SWTPC
- SWTPC 6800
Xerox Data Systems
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References
- "Preserving Computing's Past: Restoration and Simulation" Max Burnet and Bob Supnik, Digital Technical Journal, Volume 8, Number 3, 1996.
- http://www.schorn.ch/altair_5.php
External links
- Official website
- SIMH on GitHub
- Additional VAX/MicroVAX models for SIMH
- Running VAX/VMS Under Linux Using SIMH
- Debian Package
- FreeBSD Port
- UNIX: Old School. Using SIMH to explore UNIX history - Matthew Hoskins
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