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

[Steve]

On 2 Sep, 09:06, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> 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 ?
>
> Does the SIMH instance get access to a virtualised ethernet device
> (which could, for instancem pop DECterms onto a remote workstation).
>
> 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 ?

Makes sense to do that and I don't see why there should be a problem.
I've been running Windows on a MacBook using Sun's Virtual Box (it's
free whereas Parallels isn't) and that's just fine so I'd expect SIMH
to work just fine too.  The only thing that's stopped me is the lack
of a VAX distribution set until I get my stuff back.

Thanks for the tips that everyone has given in this thread too.

Steve
(Looking for a job back in Blighty)