<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>If this is just for a one shot deal, it might be a lot easier to talk someone else into letting you into their VAX instead of dealing with all of this. After installing VMS, which is harder for the older versions, you will still need to install pascal. If this is for a longer term project, then having your own is better.</div><div><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;">rom my Galaxy Tab® A</span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Henk van de Kamer <simh@vandekamer.com> </div><div>Date: 3/23/18 8:45 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: simh@trailing-edge.com </div><div>Subject: [Simh] Install VAX/VMS 4.4 on a simulated VAX-11/780 </div><div><br></div></div>Hi,<br><br>I'm new to this list, so forgive me if I do things wrong...<br><br>For an article about the history of prompts I want to make screendumps <br>of all systems I worked on. In 1986 (may be 1987) I learned Pascal on <br>the VAX-11/785 (I think) on the university.<br><br>So two days ago I started a journey to install VAX/VMS 4.4 -- because <br>that is the most probable version used -- on a VAX-11/780 using the Simh <br>emulator under Debian Stretch. That was the first problem because the <br>man page of the vax780 command said that ka655.bin was not included. I <br>found the ka655x.bin in the Simh git. Later I discovered that the man <br>page is probably wrong and I must use vmb.exe instead.<br><br>After searching I found the bb-bt05c-be tape [1] which contains DEC <br>VAX/VMS V4.4 BIN 16MT9 (C)1986 [2]. After a lot of trial, problems and <br>searching I finally discovered that I need the Standalone Backup and a <br>procedure for v3.0 [3]. Another searched and I got three tapes [4]:<br><br> BE-CT97A-BE - VAX/VMS V4.0 STANDALONE BACKUP 1 OF 3<br> BE-CT98A-BE - VAX/VMS V4.0 STANDALONE BACKUP 2 OF 3<br> BE-CT99A-BE - VAX/VMS V4.0 STANDALONE BACKUP 3 OF 3<br><br>I adapted the given ini to the following -- the complete ini with the <br>same adaptions don't give any difference:<br><br>load vmb.exe<br>set rp0 rp06<br>set rp1 rp06<br>attach rp0 stb40.rp6<br>set console log=logs/vms44.log<br><br>Then the procedure:<br><br>hvdkamer@obelix:~/vax$ vax780 vax780.ini<br><br>VAX780 simulator V3.8-1<br>Overwrite last track? [N]<br>Logging to file "logs/vms44.log"<br>sim> boot rp1<br>Loading boot code from vmb.exe<br><br>[ctrl-E]<br>Simulation stopped, PC: 00000E8D (BITL #1000,4(R7))<br>sim> attach ts bb-bt05c-be.tap<br>sim> cont<br>[Enter]<br><br><br>And there it hangs. I downloaded the v3.0 tape used in the example, but <br>that results in the same.<br><br>The above looks the most promising of all examples I tried. Most used <br>options which didn't work or crashed the emulator. Can someone point me <br>in the right direction to install the operating system. Thanks for any help.<br><br><br><br>[1] ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/dec/vax/sw/magtapes/<br>[2] <br>ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/dec/vax/sw/magtapes/labels.txt<br>[3] <br>http://simh.trailing-edge.narkive.com/P8L1m0CF/problem-booting-vms-1-5#post7<br>[4] http://iamvirtual.ca/VAX11/VAX-11-software.html<br><br>-- <br><br>Henk van de Kamer<br>http://www.vandekamer.com/<br>http://www.hetlab.tk/<br>_______________________________________________<br>Simh mailing list<br>Simh@trailing-edge.com<br>http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</body></html>