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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>What Bob says is absolutely true. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There are loads of distribution kits on bitsavers.org that will allow you to install various O/S on the sims from first principals.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It may involve a bit of browsing on that Internet thingy. There are a lot of good archived mailing lists/ blogs and websites where someone will have done it already. E.g: <a href="http://ancientbits.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/installing-rsx-11m-46-from-scratch-part.html">http://ancientbits.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/installing-rsx-11m-46-from-scratch-part.html</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Getting a new operating system running is one of the most exciting things that you can do with your clothes on. <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:bob@supnik.org">Bob Supnik</a><br><b>Sent: </b>31 May 2016 22:59<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com">simh@trailing-edge.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Simh] Pre-packaged kits</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please see the SimH web site </p><p class=MsoNormal>(http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html) for examples of kits to </p><p class=MsoNormal>run on SimH simulators. This works better for simple, stand-alone </p><p class=MsoNormal>applications that for full operating systems with layered products </p><p class=MsoNormal>installed, some of which (like VMS) require licenses and media from the </p><p class=MsoNormal>vendor.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/Bob</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 5/31/2016 12:54 PM, simh-request@trailing-edge.com wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Message: 1</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 12:09:13 -0400</p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: Ray Jewhurst<raywjewhurst@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>> To: simh<simH@trailing-edge.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: [Simh] So far unnamed project</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> <CAMFEAAAfh32JvQ6jOGFcyk=HfahC3sXnKHWCLPKCV4VTUoQ2TA@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Greetings all</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I am a total computer history buff. I have only used "real" PCs and Macs,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> but through simulation and emulation I have grown to be enamored with many</p><p class=MsoNormal>> different types of old computers especially DECs. I would love to spread</p><p class=MsoNormal>> my enthusiasm to the younger generation and I feel that Simh may be one of</p><p class=MsoNormal>> the ways to accomplish this. What I would like to do is package various</p><p class=MsoNormal>> simulators with pre-built configurations and documentation to show how</p><p class=MsoNormal>> these old machines work. I would like to ask all of you for advice and</p><p class=MsoNormal>> suggestions to help teach the younger generation how elegantly things used</p><p class=MsoNormal>> to be done.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thanks</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Ray</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Simh mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Simh@trailing-edge.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>