[Simh] Windows8

[Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm]

Hi Kevin,

There should not be any real problem with running on windows 8.  I do it all the time.

I recommend PuTTY for a free terminal emulation http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.

You may also get useful behavior with Kermit, but I have not tried any version of Kermit for many years.

The configuration file looks fine.

What version of the simh VAX simulator are you running?  The output of SHOW VERSION would be useful...

Recent binaries are available at: https://github.com/simh/Win32-Development-Binaries

What is the output of SHOW ETHERNET?

Are you using any third party Anti-Virus and/or Firewall products?

Meanwhile, if you're wanting to connect VT sessions locally to the DZ devices (i.e. your ATTACH DZ 4000), then you'll probably have to "allow/enable" the simulator binary as an allowed program in the Firewall configuration (i.e. the windows one or third party).


-          Mark

From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Handy
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:12 AM
To: simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: [Simh] Windows8

I want to get simh (vax vms) running on a Windows8 machine. I don't have much experience with Windows8.
I have simh installed, everything configured, and it will boot to a user login prompt.

However, there are a lot of problems.
1. Terminal is awful. No VT emulation at all. I set up the Dz to port 4000, (ATT DZ 4000)  and have tried to attach to it using Kermit95, but it can't. I need to have a VT terminal emulation to be able to run my programs.
2. Whenever I try to start up networking withing VMS (decnet or tcpip), it completely locks up. It hangs when it accesses the network interface. Control/E does nothing at that pont. Letting it sit for a while does nothing.
The Windows machine can access the internet. I have installed  WinPCAP Versio 4.31.3 (latest version). Attached is a startup script close to what I'm using (modified on win8 machine to have c:/simh/ where appropriate)
Is there some documentation on getting simh working on Windows8 somewhere? It's useless without being able to attach a VT terminal emulator to it somehow.
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