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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi All</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have just downloaded and installed SIMH on a WXP server. I used Nero to make an ISO disk image of AlphaVMS7.2-2. I then used the following vax.ini file:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Load CPU microcode</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">load -r ka655x.bin</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Attach non-volatile RAM to a file</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">attach nvr nvram.bin</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; This virtual machine has 64M memory</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set cpu 64m</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Define disk drive types. RA92 is largest-supported VAX drive.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set rq0 ra92</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set rq1 ra92</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set rq2 ra92</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set rq3 cdrom</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Attach defined drives to local files</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">attach rq0 d0.dsk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">attach rq1 d1.dsk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">attach rq2 d2.dsk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Attach the CD-ROM to its file (read-only)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">attach -r rq3 alpha.iso</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Disable unused devices. It's also possible to disable individual devices,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; using a construction like "set rq2 disable" if desired.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set rl disable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">set ts disable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Attach Ethernet to a network interface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;set xq mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;attach xq eth0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; Now start the emulator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">boot cpu</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This produces the following output:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">VAX simulator V3.2-3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NVR: buffering file in memory</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">RQ: unit is read only</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">$B"+(J</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[c</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Performing normal system tests.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29..28..27..26..25..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13..12..11..10..09..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">08..07..06..05..04..03..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tests completed.</FONT>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OK, so far, so good. However, when I issue boot dua3, I get:</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>>>b dua3</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(BOOT/R5:0 DUA3</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> 2..</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-DUA3</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?47 FILNOTCNTG, DUA</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HALT instruction, PC: 00000C1A (MOVL (R11),SP)</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sim></FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have checked the ISO image and it is contiguous, as are the .dsk files which are, however, 0 bytes long. So, what have I done wrong here?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Milton Baar</FONT></SPAN>
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