[Simh] Problem booting new install

Carl Lowenstein cdl at mpl.ucsd.edu
Wed Nov 17 03:09:04 EST 2004


> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:41:54 +1100
> Thread-Topic: Problem booting new install
> Thread-Index: AcTMaCUdQ+4qyT6vQ9OqJZKngXnNZA==
> From: "Milton M. Baar" <Milton.Baar at swoose.com.au>
> To: <simh at trailing-edge.com>
> Subject: [Simh] Problem booting new install
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I have just downloaded and installed SIMH on a WXP server.  I used
> Nero to make an ISO disk image of AlphaVMS7.2-2.  I then used the
> following vax.ini file:
>
> ; Load CPU microcode
> load -r ka655x.bin

You are trying to run code written for an Alpha CPU on a simulator of
a VAX CPU.  Regardless of other problems you might have caused yourself,
this is a major stumbling block.

    carl
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    carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
                                                 clowenst at ucsd.edu



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