[Simh] Basic questions

[Tim Newsham]

I know very little about VMS, but I found this to be a great guide:

http://kuhl-us.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html


On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:20 PM, <david.d.miller at att.net> wrote:

> Folks
>
> My questions are so basic that there must be a FAQ someplace that would
> answer them.  But I can't find one.
>
> To get started.  I have managed to get the SimH VAX simulator running on
> Linux (Ubuntu 11.04).  I am totally impressed and offer my thanks to the
> team that did the good work.
>
> Now I'm attempting to import Licenses from Ubuntu.  I "select all" and
> "cut" from gedit and then "paste" into the GNOME terminal where I have
> started COPY TT: LICENSE.COM.  But all kinds of unprintable characters
> are inserted into LICENSE.COM so that the COM file can't be executed.
> Obviously the wrong thing to do.  Suggestions?
>
> My second question is a bit more general.  After I get the licenses loaded
> I want to install TCP/IP .. it's part of the .iso file I got from HP.  But
> how do I set up SimH?  I've Googled a lot and there seems to be several
> approaches that have been developed over the years.  I can't figure out
> what's current.  Primarily I'm looking for a way to get data into VAX,
> COMs, ZIPs and EXEs.  I'd forgotten that VMS takes a lot of customizing to
> run smoothly.
>
> And that question leads to DECNet.  Does DECNet provide an easier way of
> getting data in and out of VAX?
>
> Someday I'd like to see how Motif works, but that is future excitement.
> I've seen very little comments on the net.
>
> Thanks, David.
>
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