> On Oct 17, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Zane Healy <heal...@avanthar.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 17, 2017, at 3:31 PM, Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm sure this has asked before but I couldn't find any references to it 
>>> here. On Bitsavers, I found a file called vms_1.5_1600.tap and was 
>>> wondering if it is something that can be installed on Simh and if so could 
>>> someone please give me instructions on how to it? I think it would be fun 
>>> to play with an early version of VMS.
>> 
>> I would assume so.  You need to set up the right simulated hardware and 
>> devices.  11/780 with RP06 or something like that?  
>> 
>> There's a documentation set for V1.5 also on Bitsavers, including the 
>> installation manual.
>> 
>>      paul
> 
> This is something I’ve wanted to try for years, but never found the time for. 
>  Please let us know how it goes!
> 
> Zane
> 
> 
I don’t think you’ll be able to get early versions of VMS running on SIMH. A 
lot (almost all?) of the utilities run in PDP-11 compatibility mode  which, as 
far as I can see, is not supported by the 11/780 emulator.

  John.

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