[HECnet] VAX/VMS 1.50

[Cory Smelosky]

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
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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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