[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[dsundqvist1 at gmail.com]

Den torsdag 20 juni 2019 kl. 18:58:24 UTC+2 skrev Jan-Erik Söderholm:
> Den 2019-06-20 kl. 16:59, skrev dsundqvist1 at gmail.com:
> > Den torsdag 20 juni 2019 kl. 01:12:08 UTC+2 skrev Alan Greig:
> >> Sorry I haven't read the full thread but can anyone get networking up
> >> with this?
> >> 
> >> I tried running the config manager and adding a NIC but get an error
> >> when trying to save the config saying the logfile is invalid. After
> >> manually editing the .cfg  to add absolute paths I was able to add a
> >> NIC (well at least "ask" but on startup I got an error that the
> >> network config was invalid.
> >> 
> >> I'm assuming the package as supplied is broken (at least as far as
> >> initial setup) but is there a way to get it to work or should I just
> >> give up and find some other emulation?
> > 
> > I had the same problem that the network interface didn't get recognized
> > by FreeAXP. Then I found this thread:
> > https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=20&sid=2a6b780c6d64c6c2037a9bdfcef6a84a
> >
> >  I just uninstalled the VSI package, installed FreeAXP 3.0.0.620 and now
> > my NIC is recognized and VMS has booted with the data files from the VSI
> > package.
> > 
> > Havn't tried to configure the network yet though.
> > 
> 
> So you followed the the advice in the last post in that thread?
> 
> - Deinstall the VSI kit.
> - Install FreeAXP 3.0 (that will find the NICs) from
> http://www.migrationspecialties.com/FreeAXP.html.
> - Reinstall the VSI kit (that will retain the NICs found above)
> 
> Is that correct?

I did not go all the way.

- Saved the data and images from VSI kit
- deinstalled the VSI kit
- Installed FreeAXP 3.0
- Booted the VSI image with FreeAXP 3.0

Have not tried any further with FreeAXP but i noted the NIC device is available in VMS.

Unclear why we should bother to upgrade, the VSI version is not even on migrationspecialities website.