On 17 October 2017 at 20:24, Ray Jewhurst <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > I'm not a VMS person but I think this might get you far enough to do what you want: http://iamvirtual.ca/VAX11/VAX-11-software.html -Henry
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