[Simh] VAXstation 2000

[Michael Kerpan]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:39 PM,  <scope.matthew at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Another quick question: how would I go about installing stuff into
>
>> this, as there's no CD-ROM drive and no TK50 yet? Do you have to
>> install stuff on a "normal" SIMH build and then move the image?
>
>> Mike
>
> You will need to use the VAXserver 3900 for now. I wonder if the ROM code can be
> tricked into accepting a CD-ROM drive by specifying custom format parameters
> (TEST 70)...
>

Given that IIRC, VMS does its hardware detection during install, how
did you go about getting the system to see the hardware present in the
VaxStation and forget about the stuff in the Vaxserver 3900?