[cctalk] Re: Dec Vax in Simh - VMS Operating system

2023-08-20 Thread Seth Morabito via cctalk
On Sun, Aug 20, 2023, at 1:18 PM, devin davison via cctalk wrote: > Hello All, > > I am working to get my two microvax systems working, I have a couple of > microvax 3800 systems. > > While I am waiting to get the real hardware going, I would like to set up > simh with vms to use for testing. > >

[cctalk] Re: Dec Vax in Simh - VMS Operating system

2023-08-20 Thread John H. Reinhardt via cctalk
Devin,   You have a problem.  The MicroVAX 3800 isn't supported in OpenVMS (VAX/VMS) until version V5.1-1.  You can't run it with any older versions.  It just won't work.  The problem is that DEC introduced the PAK license with V5.0 and unless you have some non-expiring VAX VMS PAK's, there