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<body><BR>For reference, this is how I got VMS 7.1 up on SIMH<BR>
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<BR>1/ Get <FONT face="">dd.exe</FONT> from <A href="http://www.chrysocome.net/dd">www.chrysocome.net/dd</A><BR><BR>
2/ Insert OpenVMS CD in to PC, and make an image of it:<BR><BR>
dd if=\\?\Device\CdRom0 of=openvms71.img bs=1M<BR><BR>
3/ Run the VAX emulator, and boot standalone backup from the CD image:<BR>
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VAX.EXE<BR>VAX simulator V3.7-2<BR>sim> set rq0 rd54<BR>sim> set rq1 cdrom<BR>sim> att rq0 new_vms.dsk<BR>sim> att rq1 openvms71.img<BR>sim> boot cpu<BR>
<BR>Loading boot code from ka655x.bin<BR>
KA655-B V5.3, VMB 2.7<BR>> Performing normal system tests.<BR>> 40..39..38..37..36..35..34..33..32..31..30..29.<BR>> 24..23..22..21..20..19..18..17..16..15..14..13.<BR>> 08..07..06..05..04..03..> Tests completed.<BR>>>>boot dua1<BR>
<Standalone backup now boots><BR>
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4/ Restore the VMS 'B' save set to DUA0:<BR>
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$backup /image /verify DUA1:VMS071.<FONT face="">B</FONT> /save_set DUA0:<BR><when backup is done, close the emulator, and restart as above to the chevrons><BR>
5/ Boot VMS, and run installation procedure<BR>
>>>boot dua0<BR>
<VMS installation proceeds><BR>
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Initial feedback<BR>
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I'm running VMS on a quad-core AMD Opteron (2.2Ghz * 4) machine running Vista, and VMS seems *very* fast. One core of the CPU is pinned at 100% running SIMH, but the PC remains very responsive. Booted for half an hour now, and it's quite stable. I'm impressed. Does anyone use SIMH to run VMS in production environments?<BR><BR>
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