This image is ready to be used with aiju's Blit emulator, which is available as part of 9front. http://code.9front.org/hg/plan9front/file/tip/sys/src/games/blit This emulator works on most Plan 9 distributions. You just have to copy the /sys/lib/blit and /sys/src/games/blit directories to your system. With the v8.ini startup file provided, the console will be listening on port 8888/tcp once SIMH has been started. You have to run the emulator and connect to the console: % cd /sys/src/games/blit % mk install % games/blit -t tcp!hostname!8888 Once connected, enter your login and password. login: root Then, you can launch the mux window system: $ /usr/blit/bin/mux Once started, you can run any graphical program. Binaries are located in the /usr/blit/bin directory. For example, here is jim text editor: http://9legacy.org/img/v8/jim_01.png -- David du Colombier