I get the gist of what has to be done, problem is, now I can't find a copy of VMS 3.6 or any version of 3 for that matter online. Wilm, you wouldn't happen to have a vanilla disk image with 1.5 already on it that I could play with, would you? Or even better an image of v3.6 so I have the learning experience. Sorry to be such a bother.
Thanks Ray On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Wilm Boerhout <[email protected]> wrote: > > John Forecast schreef op 17-10-2017 om 22:27: > > [Snip] > > 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. > > [Snip] > > I beg to differ. I have been running V1.5 on a simh VAX 11/780 ever since > the 780 appeared on simh. > > As the OP said, you need DSC2 to restore the V1.5 distro .tap file to a > Files-11 disk. DSC2 may be found on the original V3.0 distro for VMS, that > is a regular backup save set. So it is a staged process: > > * boot any VMS system with VMS backup to restore the V3.0 tape to a > disk and boot from this > * use DSC2 (in RSX-11 compatibility mode) on the V3.0 system to > restore the VMS 1.5 tape to a Files-11 disk. > * boot V1.5 !!! > > See also my blog on https://vxcompany.com/2016/02/ > 13/a-working-vax-11780-revisited/ > > > /Wilm > > Below is my config file for a simh configuration that will boot V1.5, V3.6 > and V7.3 > > Use the now commented TU devices for loading the various tapes. And > remember, the joy is in the journey! > > > > ; VAX-11/780 emulator settings > set cpu 32M, conhalt, idle=VMS > set uba autoconfig > > echo ---------------------------- > echo VAX-11/780 32MB > echo Big Brother > echo ---------------------------- > echo > > ; unused devices: > set rl disable > set hk disable > set ts disable > set lpt disable > set rp disable > set ry disable > > set xu enable > > ; DZ11 listen on port 10000 for dz0-7 > set dz lines=8 > attach dz 10000 > > ; DUA disk ctrl > set rq0 autosize > set rq1 autosize > set rq2 autosize > set rq3 autosize > > att -e rq0 /vdisk/VMSV73clus.vdisk > att -e rq1 /vdisk/VXTOOLS.vdisk > att -e rq2 /vdisk/Hobbyist.vdisk > att -e rq3 /vdisk/SABKUP.vdisk > > ; DUB disk ctrl > set rqb enable > set rqb0 disable > set rqb1 autosize > set rqb2 disable > set rqb3 autosize > > att rqb1 /vdisk/VMSV15.vdisk > att rqb3 /vdisk/VMSV30.vdisk > > ; MUA tape ctrl > set tq TU81 > set tq0 capacity=0 > set tq1 disable > set tq2 disable > set tq3 disable > > att tq0 /mnt/nas/pi/PIVAX3.vtape > > ; MBA tape ctrl > set tu disable > ;set tu TE16 > ;set tu0 disable > ;set tu1 locked capacity=16 > ;set tu2 disable > ;set tu3 locked capacity=16 > ;set tu4 disable > ;set tu5 disable > ;set tu6 disable > ;set tu7 disable > > ;att -e tu1 /vtape/VMS1.5-BB-D782B-BE.tap > ;att -e tu3 /vtape/VMS3.0-BB-D782E-BE.tap > > ; card rdr for file xfer > set cr enable > set cr autoeof > att -a cr /mnt/nas/xfer.txt > set cr translation=029 > > ; Ethernet > set xu mac=08:00:2B:19:02:54 type=DELUA > att xu tap:tap0 > > att todr /opt/simh-master/BIN/toy.clk > > ; Boot > ;echo ----------------------------------------------- > ;echo type b[oot] rq0 to start the VAX-11/780 > ;echo ----------------------------------------------- > ;echo > > boot rq0 > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >
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