[HECnet] Boot VAX from Alpha host Infoserver?

[Fred]

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