On 7/2/20 1:05 PM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk wrote:
Alan,
On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 08:00:00PM -0700, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
Got it installed and running on a Windows 10 VM on my MacBook. Pretty
interesting, but I haven't used MCP since '89 and seldom used the ODT
(console) on A Series systems when I did, so lots of trying to recall
how to do stuff.
I got it installed and running on a Windows 7 VM on my 2009 Mac last night.
I've never used MCP before, so there's been lots of reading trying to learn
how to do stuff. I didn't have much time to work with it last night, so I
haven't gotten very far yet.
Has anyone attempted to run MCP Express under Wine on Linux? I don't know
how long I'll be able to use the VM I currently have it running on. I don't
have a Windows license key for it.
I have never had Windows stop working despite not activating it and have
gone at least 6 months without doing so. Despite now working for MS, I
don't know the ins and outs of Windows activation. (I work on embedded
Linux there.)
I have been using those blogs to remind myself of how it all work. I
worked on products where PCs (ET2000 PC compatibles and B2x BTOS
systems) interacted with mainframes. Now the joys of block mode
terminals are coming back to me.
I did my day-to-day work with CANDE (Command AND Editor) and with MCP
Express one get to that through MARC. However, when I run the MARC
script, the Windows VM crashes.
alan
