[Simh] VAXstation 2000

[Michael Kerpan]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:43 PM,  <scope.matthew at btinternet.com> wrote:
> This may be a duplicate post; I tried several days ago but was unsuccessful.
>
> There has been a lot of discussion around graphics support recently so I thought
>
> I better post what i've been working on over the last month or so. I've been
> adding several extra VAX models to simh, one of which is the VAXstation 2000.
> Currently it has Windows GDI graphics output but I intend to add X11 support,
> which should make it portable to most of the supported simh platforms. I think
> VNC is probably the best approach but I went with GDI/X11 for now because it was
>
> quick and simple.
>
> Below is a link to some Win32 binaries for this emulator. I will be releasing
> the source eventually but it needs quite a bit of tidying up first.
>
> https://rapidshare.com/files/3280624157/vax410_v5.zip
>
> (I will upload this somewhere more permanent soon)
>
> Bugs:
> The first time you type 'boot cpu' after creating a new nvr file, it will halt
> with a
> 'TOY ERR'. Type 'boot cpu' again and subsequent runs should be ok.
>
> ROMs:
> ka410.bin is the system ROM. 'load -r ka410.bin'
> ka410_net.bin is the network ROM. 'attach or0 ka410_net.bin'
>
> Cursor Control:
> Click in the video window to activate the emulated cursor; this will capture the
>
> host cursor.
> Use the escape key (ESC) to release the host cursor.
> The emulated cursor is under the control of the guest OS. Sometimes it can
> become visible but it may not be possible to move it.
>
> Disks:
> Disk images should be interchangeable with the existing VAX emulators as the
> 'special formatting' is emulated internally. You can still run the 'TEST 70'
> formatter if you like though ;)
> RX50 support is untested.
>
> Tapes:
> The SCSI controller is only about 10% complete and is not useable yet.
>
> The zip file includes both VAXstation and MicroVAX variants with and without
> pcap. An example vax410.ini is also included.
>
> I hope i've covered all the important notes there. Please let me know if you see
>
> any other bugs not mentioned above. Testing has been done with various versions
> of VWS and DECwindows on VMS and with the VXT software, but I haven't tried
> Ultrix or any other Unix variant yet.
>
> The other VAXeni've been working on are as follows:
>
> VAX-11/730
>  + Console TU58
>  + RB730
>
> VAX-11/750
>  + Console TU58
>  + CI750
>
> VAX 8600
>  + Console RL02
>  + CI780
>
> MicroVAX II
>
> Industrial VAX 620 / rtVAX 1000
>
> VAX 4000-200
>  + SHACDSSI
>
> I'll be uploading some more of these over the next week.
>

Amazing! Is your VAX emulation core based on SIMH or did you roll your
own? Also, in the future could you consider using an alternate
filehost? I find that Mediafire is a lot more friendly than Rapidshare
and it's also free!

Mike