[Info-vax] VMS VAX and SimH VAX

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:36:04 +0200, MG wrote:

> Today I tried to boot up VMS VAX V7.3 with SimH VAX V3.8-1. I'm using
> the CD image provided by HP, via the Hobbyist program.
> 
> I 'attached' the CD image to the virtual device "RQ3" and this is what I
> get:
> 

Here is an extract of my startup file:

set cpu 96m
set cpu idle
set rq0 ra90
set rq1 rauser=20000
set rq2 rauser=200
set rq3 rauser=200
set rqb enabled
set rqb0 cdrom
set rqb1 cdrom
set rqb2 cdrom
set rqb3 cdrom
set rqc enabled
set rqc0 cdrom
set rqc1 cdrom
set rqc2 ra90
set rqc3 ra90
att rq0 /media/backup/Music/simh-data/dua0.dsk
att rq1 /media/backup/Music/simh-data/dua1.dsk
att rq2 data/dua2.dsk
att rq3 /media/backup/Music/simh-data/dua3.dsk
att rqb0 data/cd_scratch.iso
att rqb1 data/fw1.iso
att rqb2 data/fw2.iso
att rqb3 data/fw3.iso
att rqc0 data/vaxvms073.iso
att rqc1 data/vmsdisk.iso
; escape character is CTRL/E by default - not good for VMS
; set to CTRL-\ instead
deposit WRU 1C

Then to boot from VAXVMS073.ISO:

sim> b cpu

>>>b duc0
(BOOT/R5:0 DUC0

  2..
-DUC0
  1..0..


%SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping the SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
%SYSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
%SYSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map PAGEFILE.SYS on the System Disk
   OpenVMS (TM) VAX Version X7G7 Major version id = 1 Minor version id = 0


-- 
Paul Sture