[Info-vax] OpenVMS 6.2 on SimH hangs on boot

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Tue, 2023-11-14 at 00:05 -0600, Chris Scheers wrote:
> > Thanks, that was most helpful in getting back in. However, I've
> > just discovered the reason why it wasn't working is that somehow
> > the ethernet support never got compiled in when it was upgraded
> > some years ago. Guess I need to fix it and give Gentoo a tongue
> > lashing as this definitely used to work in the past.
> 
> If you are still stuck, check your version. SIMH 3.9 for VAX runs 6.2
> just fine.
> 
> The SIMH 4.x variant is in many ways a fork of 3.9 and may show
> issues.   It has been several years now, so I hope that 4.x has been 
> straightened out, but I haven't tested it in a while.

I tried 3.12, it had the same problems. Tried 4.0 and it worked out the
box. I'll be filing a bugzilla with gentoo to bump to latest and get
ethernet sorted. 
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Tactical Nuclear Kittens