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If you're looking for an Alto simulator (and who isn't?), you should definitely use ContrAlto rather than Salto. I used both simulators while restoring an Alto.
by kens 10y ago
If you're looking for an Alto simulator (and who isn't?), you should definitely use ContrAlto rather than Salto. I used both simulators while restoring an Alto. ContrAlto is much more reliable and provide tools for examining the Alto's internal behavior, while Salto tends to crash after a few minutes. The only drawback to ContrAlto is it is in C# and only works on Windows.
I wrote instructions on using ContrAlto here: http://www.righto.com/2016/10/simulating-xerox-alto-with-contralto.html http://www.righto.com/2016/10/simulating-xerox-alto-with-con...
- 13of40 10y agoIf it's in C# why isn't it platform independent? Any insights?
- homarp 10y agothe readme says it kid of works: "As ContrAlto is a .NET application and has no Windows-specific dependencies, it will also run under Mono (http://www.mono-project.com/ http://www.mono-project.com/) on Unix and MacOS, however this usage has many rough edges at the moment -- please file bugs if you find them " you also have the JS port: https://github.com/sethm/ContrAltoJS https://github.com/sethm/ContrAltoJS
- kens 10y agoI tried ContrAlto on Mono on a Mac and it died almost immediately. The author said that there are some pretty serious bugs in the OS X version of Mono’s WinForms support that break it, as well as a Mono bug that mangles keystroke mappings so the shift key doesn't work. He recommended I use Windows - ContrAlto worked without problems so I gave up on using Mono.