[Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Hello! I'm running "VAX 8600 simulator V4.0-0 Beta" (git commit id: c8a420ad) on a Linux/x86_64 host. I've installed 4.3BSD Quasijarus on an empty RA90-sized disk image, following the instructions at: But I could never get the VAX 8600 e

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

The first question I have is: what is this 8600 simulator? Is it SIMH, or someone else's emulator? On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:10:12 +0200 Dario Niedermann wrote: > Hello! I'm running "VAX 8600 simulator V4.0-0 Beta" (git commit id: > c8a420ad) on a Linux/x86_64 host. I've installed 4.3BSD Quasijaru

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Oh, hang on. 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'boot cpu' and then specify the boot device in a console command. On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:10:12 +0200 Dario Niedermann wrote: > Hello! I'm running "VAX 8600 simulator V4.0-0 Beta" (git commit id: > c8a420ad) on a Linux/x86_64 host. I've instal

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Il 23/09/2017 alle 00:55, Bob Eager ha scritto: > 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'boot cpu' and > then specify the boot device in a console command. 'boot cpu' was my first try (because it's in the *.ini files provided at ) but the emulator says "Command not allowed", just as it does wi

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 01:23:27 +0200 Dario Niedermann wrote: > Il 23/09/2017 alle 00:55, Bob Eager ha scritto: > > > 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'boot cpu' and > > then specify the boot device in a console command. > > 'boot cpu' was my first try (because it's in the *.ini files pr

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

On 22 September 2017 at 18:10, Dario Niedermann wrote: > Hello! I'm running "VAX 8600 simulator V4.0-0 Beta" (git commit id: > c8a420ad) on a Linux/x86_64 host. I've installed 4.3BSD Quasijarus > on an empty RA90-sized disk image, following the instructions at: > >

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bob Eager wrote: > Oh, hang on. 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'boot cpu' and then > specify the boot device in a console command. Actually, neither "boot cpu" , nor "boot tq0" are meaningful commands with the VAX8600 simulator. There were no "

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Loading the binaries directly in to sing as extracted from tape has worked for me on the 8600 sim. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2017, at 16:35, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > >> On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bob Eager wrote: >> Oh, hang on. 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'bo

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

On 2017-09-23 01:35, Mark Pizzolato wrote: On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Bob Eager wrote: Oh, hang on. 'boot tq0' is surely not correct. You do 'boot cpu' and then specify the boot device in a console command. Actually, neither "boot cpu" , nor "boot tq0" are meaningful commands wi

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Il 23/09/2017 alle 01:28, Henry Bent ha scritto: > Is there a reason that you are specifically using the 8600 simulator? Not really, I just think it's an awesome model :) > Okay, wait, there's a lot going on here that I think we've missed. > You installed Quasijarus to an RA disk with the 3900 s

Re: [Simh] VAX 8600: Can't boot Quasijarus (tape or disk)

Il 23/09/2017 alle 01:39, Cory Smelosky ha scritto: > Loading the binaries directly in to sing as extracted from tape has > worked for me on the 8600 sim. What do you use to extract the binaries from tape? TIA, DN ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-ed