[Simh] XVM/RSX

[Andrew Warkentin]

Andrew Warkentin wrote:

>bsupnik at comcast.net wrote:
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>>Andrew,
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>>You've certainly gotten much further than anyone else, but I'm confused about how you go to this point.
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>>1. Where did the disk image xvmrsx_rf.dsk come from? There's an XVM/DOS image on the SimH web site, but no image for XVM/RSX.
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>>2. If you used the DECtape images from bitsavers, what was the procedure for getting them in place on the RF?
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>>3. Are you working from documentation, or just trying out the system?
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>>Thanks /Bob Supnik
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>xvmrsx_rf.dsk is just a copy of my normal XVM/DOS image on which I have 
>installed XVM/RSX.
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>I am going to re-install XVM/DOS and XVM/RSX, and will post a transcript 
>of the install later.
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>I am not working from documentation (the part on installing the system 
>is missing from the RSX manual on Bitsavers). It wasn't very hard  to 
>install RSX. It was just a matter of copying some programs off one of 
>the DECtapes, running the one program and answering the questions it 
>asks, and running the batch file that it produces and feeding it the 
>correct DECtapes.
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