[HECnet] Boot VAX from Alpha host Infoserver?

[Steve Davidson]

I would be willing to put my InfoServer-100 (with a six-stack CDROM
drive) up on the HECnet segment.   With the new version of the bridge
that we are field testing it might be interesting to see what is
possible.   I have just purchased a (real not hobbyist) VMS V7.3-1 kit
for VAXen to try this out on - it should be here sometime next week.

I can make the system available to any and all who would like to login
to it and play/learn/hack etc.   When the VMS kit shows up I will send
additional mail.

-Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Fred
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 08:56
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Boot VAX from Alpha host Infoserver?

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, gerry77 at mail.com wrote:

It was my understanding that although the hardware is the same, the
ROM
firmware would have to be different. Or it was just the real
InfoServer
which had a crippled firmware just NOT to allow booting VMS on it?

set hope/mode=on

Would SIMH be up to this task?   Can it simulate the needed hardware?

If so, that would be the easy test needed.   See if a SIMH Infoserver
could 
boot a real VAX.   At least it would be "closer" ... (hey, work with me 
here ... *grin*)

Fred