[Simh] OpenVMS 5.5-2 standalone backup/restore

[Ray Jewhurst]

It's a CD image so I finally got the common sense to read the disk on my
7.3 setup and found out that it's vms2055.b. should have known how to do it
in the first place.

Thanks

Ray

On Nov 4, 2017 2:13 PM, "Larry Baker" <baker at usgs.gov> wrote:

> Ray,
>
> I have OpenVMS 5.5-2 system disks from long gone VAXes I occasionally run
> on SIMH.  I'd like to try to help you, but I am not sure what is failing
> for you.  How about some transcripts?  What exactly are you trying to
> read?  A tape image?  A disk mage?  Is it online somewhere I can download
> it?
>
> Larry Baker
> US Geological Survey
> 650-329-5608 <(650)%20329-5608>
> baker at usgs.gov
>
>
>
> On 3 Nov 2017, at 7:22:20 PM, simh-request at trailing-edge.com wrote:
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 22:22:12 -0400
> From: Ray Jewhurst <raywjewhurst at gmail.com>
> To: simh <simH at trailing-edge.com>
> Subject: [Simh] OpenVMS 5.5-2 standalone backup/restore
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> I have acquired a copy of OpenVMS 5.5-2 in order run the the freeware set
> problem is, I have no idea how to restore it from Standalone Backup.  I
> have tried the commands for 6.x and 7.x using 055, 552, and 0552 for
> version  but none of the commands work.  What am I doing wrrong?  Also, I
> have found little to no documentation on 5.x.  Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ray
>
>
>
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