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Instructions and files for running the pioneering 1960s baseball simulation by John W. Burgeson in an emulator

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IBM 1620

Running the 1960s Burgeson baseball game in an IBM 1620 emulator

You will need either SIMH 4 or the latest version of SIMH 3, which can now also run the game.

  • Get the i1620 binary for your platform:
    • Windows: Download SIMH and extract the i1620 binary: Windows builds of SIMH
    • Linux, Mac: Build SIMH from source. Use make i1620 to only build that binary.
  • Run i1620 base.simh. The game should start. Enter date, time and the names of nine players (or just a random first letter instead). Then the simulation will run.
  • To quit SIMH, press Ctrl-E and then enter q and press Return.

Roster of players

The game includes a roster of 90 players:

ANSON           DELAHANTY       HEGAN           LOMBARDI        RUFFING
APPLING         DICKEY          HEILMANN        L WANER         RUTH
AVERILL         DIMAGGIO        HENRICH         MACK            SEWELL
BAKER           DUFFY           HERMAN          M. BURG         SIMMONS
BENSON          E COLLINS       HORNSBY         MCGRAW          SISLER
BERRA           FELLER          HUBBELL         MEDWICK         SPAHN
BOUDREAU        FOXX            JACKSON         MIZE            SPEAKER
BROUTHERS       FRISCH          J. BURG         MUSIAL          TERRY
BURKETT         GEHRIG          J COLLINS       NEWHOUSER       TRAVIS
C. BURG         GEHRINGER       JENNINGS        O DOUL          TRAYNOR
COBB            GORDON          JOHNSON         O ROURKE        TROSKY
COCHRANE        GREENBERG       KAMM            OTT             TUMBLIN
CRAWFORD        GROH            KEELER          P WANER         VAUGHAN
CRONIN          GROVE           KELL            RADBOURNE       WAGNER
CROSETTI        HACK            KELLY           RADCLIFF        WHEAT
CUYLER          HAMILTON        KELTNER         REISER          WILLIAMS
DANNING         HARTNETT        LAJOIE          RICE            YORK
D DEAN          HAYES           LAZZERI         ROBINSON        YOUNG

Files

Games

  • 1620_11.0.013_tic_tac_toe.crd: Tic-tac-toe game (CRD format)
  • 1620_11.0.032_bbc_baseball.crd: Baseball game (CRD format)
  • 1620_baseball.pdf: Original baseball game instructions
  • base.log.txt: Log of a sample program run
  • base.simh: Baseball game emulator script
  • base.txt: Baseball game (newer version 11.0.032; TXT format)
  • bbc1.txt: Baseball game (older version "BBC VERSION 1K 8/14/61" 11.0.007, same as the sample run in the manual; TXT format)
  • tic.simh: Tic-tac-toe game emulator script
  • tic.txt: Tic-tac-toe game (TXT format)

Other files

  • cb2asc.py: Convert CHM column binary format to SIMH ASCII
  • crd2asc.py: Convert CRD binary format to SIMH ASCII
  • crd_format_hex.txt: Explanation of CRD file encoding (two bytes per punched card character)
  • dis1620.py: Disassemble 1620 TXT file
  • X26-5743-2_1620_Model_1_Reference_Card.pdf: IBM 1620 Model 1 reference card
  • X26-5852-2_1620_Model_2_Reference_Card.pdf: IBM 1620 Model 2 reference card

YouTube videos about the 1620 baseball game

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