[Info-vax] Is SIMH on a Mac a viable option ?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <00573be7$0$9551$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> Have been pondering migration options/process.
> 
> But in the end, I may still need access to VAX/VMS to run All-in-1 or
> access some RMS file I forgot to convert etc etc.
> 
> How viable is SIMH on a 64 bit Intel Mac running OS-X ? Is this a large
> project to setup and get working reliably ?

   The first time I tried to get SIMH running on a Mac under OS X, I
   just changed all the #ifdef linux (sp?) to #if defined(linux) ||
   defined(OSX) (sp?).  That was about 5 uears ago and I understand
   later versions of SIMH were harder to port.

> 
> Does the SIMH instance get access to a virtualised ethernet device
> (which could, for instancem pop DECterms onto a remote workstation).

   Don't know how to do this on a Mac, but I don't know any reason
   it can't be done.
> 
> This wouldn't be more for ensuring access to legacy data from time to
> time as opposed to running it continually.
> 
> Where do I go to get SimH and is there sufficient documentation for it
> to make it easy to setup ?

   Gee, I just go to my favorite search engine and type in "SIMH".