[HECnet] VAX/VMS 1.50

[Gregg Levine]

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:


On 4 Apr 2013, at 17:39, "Gregg Levine" <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

On 04/04/2013 05:22 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:


On 2013-04-04 22:41, Cory Smelosky wrote:


On 04/04/2013 04:35 PM, Gregg Levine wrote:


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:


Afternoon all,

I managed to get this to boot in SIMH with minimal effort.   (Started
from
VMS 3.x and then installed 1.5 with a bunch of devices disabled)

sim> b rp2
Loading boot code from vmb.exe


  VAX/VMS Version 1.50 12-APR-1979 09:30


PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MMM-YYYY   HH:MM)   04-APR-2013 14:39
    OPCOM,   4-APR-2013 14:39:06.22, LOGFILE INITIALIZED,
OPERATOR=_OPA0:

$ !
$ ! VAX/VMS system startup - Release 1
$ !
$ SHOW TIME
    4-APR-2013 14:39:06
$ SET NOVERIFY
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, CONSOLE           mounted on _DXA1:
  Login quotas - Interactive limit=64, Current interactive value=0
  SYSTEM             job terminated at   4-APR-2013 14:39:06.49

  Accounting information:
  Buffered I/O count:                   139           Peak working set size:       98
  Direct I/O count:                         38           Peak virtual size:             110
  Page faults:                                 287           Mounted volumes:                     1
  Elapsed CPU time:         0 00:00:00.12     Elapsed time:         0
00:00:00.26
Username: SYSTEM
Password:
              Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 1.50

$ sh network

                              NETWORK UNAVAILABLE

What kind of networking could I get working on this?   Pre-Phase-IV
using a
device SIMH doesn't have emulation support for? ;)

I can upload this disk image if anyone wants it.

--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
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Hello!
I am impressed. What device is this that SIMH does not emulate?


It might emulate all I'd need.   I'm not sure what networking on VMS this
old would have been like.   I just need to find documentation of VAX/VMS
1.50. ;)


Well... This is pre-ethernet and pre-DECnet phase IV... Serial ports
then? Or DMC, or something similar...?


Hmm.   I need to find the DECnet kit so I can figure out what devices it
supports.


      Johnny



--
Cory Smelosky
http://gewt.net Personal stuff
http://gimme-sympathy.org Experiments

Hello!
Okay... Now where'd the tape come from?

A tarball of a bunch of old VMS versions Dave gave me awhile ago.


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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."


Hello!
Hmmm, the man surrounded by the rioting yetis. They are rioting
because they want more space.

Is it allowed to provide them as well? Or do I need to ask him off list?

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"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."