[HECnet] FreeAXP Alpha Emulator

[Joe Ferraro]

1.) hooking a vt up to the host linux box to access the VAX
2.) seeing if I could pass inbound serial data from a [serial] scanner to software on the emulated vax

I know.. sounds silly... 



On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
Not much no, AFAIK the serial ports on SIMH VAX just expose themselves to the outside world as a TCP socket (listening inbound only, again as far as I can tell)...

What are you planning on doing?

Sampsa



On 16 Jul 2010, at 21:10, Joe Ferraro wrote:

Already done, my friend... it should be in the latest push... 

Ever done much serial (e.g. RS-232 and the like) programming? If so, do you know of any good references? I'd like to see if I can interface with the serial ports on a simh vax... 

Cheers...

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
OK,

Cool, you need to let Johnny know so he can update the master node name database as well.

Sampsa



On 16 Jul 2010, at 21:02, Joe Ferraro wrote:

Sampsa,

I'm sure you've already realized via update, but I was just thinking that I forgot to mention it to you -- I've taken area 20 so as to be able to give you back your node addresses. I think I had the 8.50n series...

Also, I have taylor up on solaris 10.. just need to configure it...

Joe

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Sampsa Laine <msampsa at mac.co> wrote:
Guys/Johnny,

I'm registering two new nodes in my area, BONZO and LEMUR.

BONZO is at 8.800
LEMUR is at 8.430

Sampsa




On 16 Jul 2010, at 18:08, Marc Chametzky wrote:

Have you ever run an Alpha with only 128MB of RAM? That is the absolute
bare minimum I'd run 7.2 in, and it wasn't fun. I really wish they'd allow
between 192MB and 256MB, as at that point it starts being usable. Of course
I'd also like a Linux version. :-)

They have a Linux version called CHARON-AXP/ES40 for Linux NCE. You can find it at http://www.stromasys.ch/axpnce/ .

I've set it up here and it does work. The only downside is that the non-commercial (free) version shuts off after 30 days requiring a restart. Plus, it's time-bombed to stop working after December 31, 2010 (although a newer version should subsequently be available if past history continues).

--Marc