[Info-vax] Use SimH/VAX to boot infoserver software?

[John E. Malmberg]

On 1/27/2019 11:39 AM, Timothy Stark wrote:
> SIMH do not have MicroVAX 3100 emulator yet. Is that possible to
> implement it easily since it is based on MicroVAX 2000 series.
> Also it need a copy of KA41 firmware image to implement.

I do not have that model of VAX.

Do you have a utility or a script that can be used to dump that firmware 
image in a format that SimH can use in the case someone wants to donate it?

> I was looking for MicroVAX 3100 technical manuals to implement but
> can't find them. I only have a copy of MicroVAX/VAXstation 2000
> technical manual.

> Is that MicroVAX 3100 architecture compatible with MicroVAX 2000
> architecture?

I would doubt that the MicroVAX 3100 and MicroVAX 2000 would be similar 
architectures.

The MicroVAX 3100 supported different memory and I/O configurations, 
some models had 2 SCSI adapters.

http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/vax-models/#teammate2
https://www.openbsd.org/vax.html

The drivers in netbad and /or openbsd may give enough information to add 
the emulation of the hardware for the MicroVAX 3100 models.

Being able to implement an Infoserver on a small commodity computer 
would be very useful.

Regards,
-John