28 Apr
2019
28 Apr
'19
2:55 p.m.
I am new to the list and would like to introduce myself. I am a computer
history buff who especially likes DEC machines. I unfortunately don't own
any hardware but I use Simh on a daily basis. I would like to start off
with a question. I see that Bitsavers has a copy of VMS 1.5 and wanted to
know if anyone got it working with the Vax 780 simulator?
I hope to learn a lot from this group.
Thanks
Ray
28 Apr
28 Apr
5:15 p.m.
On 4/28/19 3:55 PM, Ray Jewhurst via cctalk wrote:
I am new to the list and would like to introduce
myself. I
am a computer history buff who especially likes DEC machines.
Welcome.
I unfortunately don't own any hardware but I use
Simh on a daily
basis. I would like to start off with a question. I see that Bitsavers
has a copy of VMS 1.5 and wanted to know if anyone got it working
with the Vax 780 simulator?
I've not messed with VMS 1.5 on anything. But I have gotten OpenVMS 7.3
(memory?) to work in Simh quite happily.
If you join a DECUS (?) user group, you can legally get a hobbyist
license to run the latest VAX / Alpha OpenVMS on multiple systems for
free. Seeing as how easy it is to do, I encourage people to legally
obtain licenses and download install media (images) from HPE directly.
IMHO the OpenVMS hobbyist program is very nice and we want to keep it
around.
I hope to learn a lot from this group.
I know I have. I bet that most people can.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
29 Apr
29 Apr
7:15 a.m.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 4:55 PM Ray Jewhurst via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I am new to the list and would like to introduce
myself. I am a computer
history buff who especially likes DEC machines.
Welcome. I started working with DEC machines for fun in 1982 and for
money in 1984, so they have a dear place in my heart.
I see that Bitsavers has a copy of VMS 1.5 and wanted
to
know if anyone got it working with the Vax 780 simulator?
There was some discussion about that on the Simh mailing list a couple
of years back. The difficulty is that Simh doesn't emulate the
console media closely enough to use them to start the install and
prior to VMS 2.0, the method (tools used, etc) was different. VAXen
don't boot from tape like a PDP-11, so you have to have an install kit
to match your console medium (RX01 for an 11/780, TU58 for 11/750,
11/730, 11/725, etc) From the discussion, it seems to be easiest to
install a newer version of VMS (3.0 works, 2.0 does as well, I think)
to unpack the VMS 1.5 files onto a blank disk, then boot that on an
emulated 11/780 and finish the install.
I myself haven't tried the process but the Simh mailing list archives
describe the process in a way that someone with VMS experience can
likely figure it out. I haven't encountered any step-by-step recipes.
Where the Hobbyist License comes into play is with VMS 5.0 and newer -
you'll need LMF license keys and the Hobbyist Program is a way to get
free keys with a one-year expiration.
-ethan
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