[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Hans Bachner]

Dave Froble schrieb am 16.06.2019 um 18:06:
> On 6/16/2019 7:15 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>
>> $ sh sys
>> OpenVMS V8.4-2L2 on STUDNT 16-JUN-2019 12:35:17.08 Uptime 0 00:03:51
>
>> $ tcpip sh ver
>>
>>    HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7 - ECO 5
>>    on an AlphaServer 400 4/166 running OpenVMS V8.4-2L2
>
> This confuses me.  2L2 is for later Alpha processors, EV6 and such.
> Could be wrong, but I thought the AlphaServer 400 used an EV4 processor.

It appears as if the Avanti systems (at least FreeAvanti) used EV6 CPU 
emulation regardless of the Alpha model configured.

CHARON-AXP is more picky :-)

When I configure it as an AlphaServer 400, the boot process just hangs 
(as expected with 8.4-2L2). When I reconfigure it as a DS10, it boots 
just fine from the "student disk".

Hans.