[Info-vax] VMS VAX and SimH VAX

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:28:53 +0200, MG wrote:

> On 31-3-2012 14:30, Paul Sture wrote:
>> It throws "Non-existent parameter" on the line below. I took this
>> parameter file from an older version of SIMH:
>>
>>> set cpu 96m
> 
> 96 Mbyte gives me the same error, 64 Mbyte seems to work fine.
> 
> One last question, if you don't mind:
> ------------------------------[TOF]------------------------------
> %SYSBOOT-I-SYSBOOT Mapping the SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
> %SYSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map SYSDUMP.DMP on the System Disk
>    YSBOOT-W-SYSBOOT Can not map PAGEFILE.SYS on the System Disk
> ------------------------------[EOF]------------------------------
> 
> Where can one define that?  I'm not particularly VAX-savvy.  (I have
> never owned a VAX, nor ever got the opportunity to actually use one.)
> 

Those messages were output because I booted from the installation CDROM 
image.  Naturally being a read only device there isn't much point having 
page or dump files present on it.

BTW I've just downloaded the latest SimH 3.9 Release Candidate, so I'll 
be playing with it for a while.  Feel free to ask away.

-- 
Paul Sture