[Simh] Console floppy and VAX 780

[Zachary Kline]

Hi,

I’m trying to boot http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/DEC/vax/vms/BB-D782B-BE__VMS_V1.5_1600.zip, mostly for interest’s sake. I presume this is an installation tape of some sort.
I’ve tried on the VaxSserver 3900 simulator, but always seem to get a “DevOffline,” message for Mua0:, the magnetic tape reader.
I was wondering if I might have better luck with the VAX 11/780. I don’t actually have real hardware of any kind. The reason I was asking about console floppies is that, as far as I know, I can’t directly boot from tape on the 780, at least not with the SIMH “boot,” command.
If this is something other than an installation tape, of course, the whole process isn’t worth the trouble :)

Thanks for any help,
Zack.
> On Feb 14, 2016, at 11:25 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the question. Get what working?
> Do you have a real 11/780? Because the simh VAX-11/780 do not use the floppies, as it don't actually emulate the PDP-11 that is used in the FE.
> 
> 	Johnny