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class=171124012-16062006>Can't answer your autoboot question. Look in the
SIMH FAQ and see if the answer is there. Make sure that you can write (save) the
NVR file, so that the changes can be saved for the next run. The order of the
dep bdr 0 may be important - it might need to be after the NVR load and/or the
set cpu conhalt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=171124012-16062006>Running X on the system... you can start X
(@DECW$STARTUP) on a MicroVAX 3900 if you have the proper PAKs and software
loaded, so that you can connect to VMS via X using an external XServer, but
since the MicroVAX 3900 does not have the VAXStation 3900's
QDSS graphics console hardware, you cannot have a local X graphics console
monitor on the system.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=171124012-16062006>I connect my Hummingbird X Server (on Windows XP) to my
SIMH VAX running DECwindows to give me the nice DECterm all the time.
Much better than a standard VT220 emulation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com
[mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>John<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 16, 2006 7:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
simh@trailing-edge.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Simh] More on VAX Emulation under
Linux<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>'lo all...<BR><BR>Well, I have an emulation of VAX running under
SIMH and it works Ok, thanks to Phillip Wherry's article, <A
href="http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html"><I>Running</A><A
href="http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html"> VAX/VMS
Under Linux Using SIMH</A></I>.<BR><BR>I've followed everything listed in the
article and even though there are a couple of things that need to be updated
in it (specifically about what happens when registering the VMS Licence PAK),
I've been able to get my 'VAX' (window) running under Linux (I'm using a
derivative of <A href="http://www.slackware.com/">Slackware Linux</A> called
<A href="http://www.zenwalk.org/">Zenwalk Linux</A>).<BR><BR>Not being
super-clever in terms of Linux, I was wondering how the system might be set-up
so that it 'effectively' boots as a VMS system. I'm currently following
the article and have a call to the VAX emulator in a script that is called
from /etc/rc.d/rc.local (and run with a delay as a background process), as
well as running Linux without X11. This means the PC boots as a
text-screen only Linux PC and I need to type ALT-F8 to get to the VAX
'console'. When I do, the system is resting at the boot prompt
('>>>') and I can start the VMS boot process manually. I have
the <I>dep bdr 0</I> and <I>set cpu conhalt</I> commands in the vax.ini file,
as written later in the article but the emulation still wakes-up at the boot
prompt the first time. If I shutdown the VAX emulation (with/without
reboot), it behaves as expected... but how to get it running that first
time?<BR><BR>Also, I wonder if it is possible to get Motif/DecWindows running
in this sort of system... We have the licence PAKs etc but will the
software/emulator handle the GUI side of things... or do I need to have
a real VAXstation?<BR><BR>Many thanks, once again, for any
suggestions.<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR><BR>John<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>