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 <da...@darioniedermann.it> 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: > > <http://www.tavi.co.uk/unixhistory/quasijarus.html> > > But I could never get the VAX 8600 emulator to boot... > > From TQ0, attached to the .tap file provided at the site, emulator > says "Command not allowed" when I give 'boot tq0'. 'sho tq all' > returns "Controller is not initialized", while 'sho tq' outputs: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > TQ TU81 (180MB), address=2013F940-2013F943, no vector, BR5, 4 > units > TQ0 attached to /home/ndr/lib/emu/quastape.tap, read only, > write locked, SIMH format > capacity=188MB > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Is this due to the .tap file being (probably) made with the > MicroVAX 3900 emulator? > > Issuing 'boot rq0', the emulator's output is: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Loading boot code from internal vmb.exe > loading boot > ra(0,0,0,34): bad adaptor number > boot failed > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Is it because I used the MicroVAX 3900 emulator to install BSD on the > virtual ra0? > > TIA for any help... > > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh