[Info-vax] Simh Licensing question 3900 vs 780

[JF Mezei]

I got Simh to boot a virtual 3900 on my Mac.

But I can't seem to get a VAX-VMS license loaded properly. Its SHOW
LIC/CHARGE doesn't seem to accept an "A" type of activity licence which
is what I have.

How easy is it to change the emulator  to make VMS think it is a
different machine (like a 4000-600) ? is just a case of changing some
value in a .h file ? (from 119 to 456 (for a 4000-600 for instance).


I have 2 non expiring VAX-VMS and one VMS-USER (the later is the active
one on my remaining VAX).

And from a long term archival purpose where I might boot VMS once a
year, I'd like to use my perpetual licenses so that I don't have to
constantly deal with hobbyist licence renewalls.


If I use SIMH in a "780" mode instead of 3900, do I lose any
speed/functionality ? Am concerned about executables compiled for modern
vaxes. Would they still run without problem on an emulated 780 ?






This is the output of SHOW LIC/CHARGE

$ show lic/charge
VMS/LMF Charge Information for node VELO2

This is a VAXserver 3900 Series, hardware model type 119

Type: A, * Not Permitted *      (VAX/VMS Capacity or OpenVMS Unlimited
or Base)
Type: B, Units Required: 100    (VAX/VMS F&A Server)
Type: C, * Not Permitted *      (VAX/VMS Concurrent User)
Type: D, * Not Permitted *      (VAX/VMS Workstation)
Type: E, Units Required: 50     (VAX/VMS System Integrated Products)
Type: F, Units Required: 10     (VAX Layered Products)
Type: G, * Not Permitted *      (Reserved)
Type: H, * Not Permitted *      (Alpha Layered Products)
Type: I, Units Required: 10     (Layered Products)




This is the license I tried to apply to it:

 -----------------------------------
 Issuer:                      DEC
 Authorization:               ALS-KA-xxxxx-xxx
 Product Name:                VAX-VMS
 Producer:                    DEC
 Units:                       18
 Modified Units:              120
 Version:                     0.0
 Release Date:                (none)
 PAK Termination Date:        (none)
 Availability:                A (VMS Capacity)
 Activity:                    0
 Options:                     MOD_UNITS, NO_SHARE
 Hardware ID:

 Revision Level:              11
 Status:                      Active
 Command:                     MODIFY
 Modified by user:            SYSTEM
 Modified on:                 24-OCT-2009 06:37:44.17
 Include:                     VELO2