The VAX 11/780 may well have been limited to just 32 MB, I can t remember.
Try modifying PHYSICAL_PAGES, perhaps the microcode that comes with simh was modified.
Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens Sampsa Laine Verzonden: zondag, november 2010 21:46 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] SIMH VAX memory weirdness
Ah, bummer - what about the 11/780? Sampsa On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:44, Steve Davidson wrote: > Sampsa, > > I'm pretty sure that the 3900 series machines only supported 64MB max > and that is what you are emulating. > > -Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On > Behalf Of Sampsa Laine > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 15:41 > To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE > Subject: Re: [HECnet] SIMH VAX memory weirdness > > Still only seeing 64 MB in the OS.... > > Sampsa > > > On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:27, Oleg Safiullin wrote: > >> On 29.11.2010 2:20, Sampsa Laine wrote: >>> I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from > 64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1) > still reports 64 MB. >>> >>> Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How > much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway? >>> >>> Sampsa >>> >>> >> >> Try to replace ka655.bin firmware with the following file: >> >> http://pdp-11.org.ru/~form/files/ka655x.bin >
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The amount of physical pages supported by VAX/VMS depends on the hardware.
Simh emulates a VAX(server) 3900 IIRC and you ll find information here:
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/vax/archive/mv3800.html
Apparently the 3800/3900 support 64 MB max.
You also need to change the SYSGEN parameter PHYSICAL_PAGES, this is not done by AUTOGEN.
Oleg suggested another .bin file that might work though IIRC it was intended to support a microVAX 3900 instead of the server model so that VMS would load with a A license. Most users don t have a B license to satisfy LMF.
Hans
Van: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] Namens Sampsa Laine Verzonden: zondag, november 2010 21:20 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: [HECnet] SIMH VAX memory weirdness
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from 64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1) still reports 64 MB. Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway? Sampsa
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Ah, bummer - what about the 11/780?
Sampsa
On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:44, Steve Davidson wrote:
Sampsa,
I'm pretty sure that the 3900 series machines only supported 64MB max
and that is what you are emulating.
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 15:41
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] SIMH VAX memory weirdness
Still only seeing 64 MB in the OS....
Sampsa
On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:27, Oleg Safiullin wrote:
On 29.11.2010 2:20, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from
64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1)
still reports 64 MB.
Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How
much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway?
Sampsa
Try to replace ka655.bin firmware with the following file:
http://pdp-11.org.ru/~form/files/ka655x.bin
Sampsa,
I'm pretty sure that the 3900 series machines only supported 64MB max
and that is what you are emulating.
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Sampsa Laine
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 15:41
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] SIMH VAX memory weirdness
Still only seeing 64 MB in the OS....
Sampsa
On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:27, Oleg Safiullin wrote:
On 29.11.2010 2:20, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from
64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1)
still reports 64 MB.
Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How
much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway?
Sampsa
Try to replace ka655.bin firmware with the following file:
http://pdp-11.org.ru/~form/files/ka655x.bin
Still only seeing 64 MB in the OS....
Sampsa
On 28 Nov 2010, at 20:27, Oleg Safiullin wrote:
On 29.11.2010 2:20, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from 64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1) still reports 64 MB.
Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway?
Sampsa
Try to replace ka655.bin firmware with the following file:
http://pdp-11.org.ru/~form/files/ka655x.bin
On 29.11.2010 2:20, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from 64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1) still reports 64 MB.
Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway?
Sampsa
Try to replace ka655.bin firmware with the following file:
http://pdp-11.org.ru/~form/files/ka655x.bin
I just increased the memory on one of my SIMH VAX VM's to 512 MB from 64 MB - the system boots fine but SHOW MEMORY (under OpenVMS 7.3-1) still reports 64 MB.
Do I need to tell the VMS installation about the new RAM somehow? How much RAM does 7.3-1 (VAX) support anyway?
Sampsa
Guys,
On the same note, my network will be disconnected some time in the near future, I've ordered a change to my DSL service (moving from two lines and a load balanced router to a single bonded connection - should increase down and uplink speeds by roughly a factor of 2).
At the moment I've only got a bridge connection to update, but anyone relying on GORVAX's MULTINET tunnel will experience some (hopefully minimal) downtime.
Sampsa
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
Hi All.
There is some planned downtime in the university network that will
probably make mim.update.uu.se and anything else running under
update.uu.se unavailable from midnight til morning on the 24:th of
november.
If you read swedish:
http://uadm.uu.se/iti/it-drift/Driftavbrott
Notice that I have no control over this, I'm just the messenger.
Regards,
Pontus
Hello!
Thank you for advising us. I'm not the sort to "Stun the messenger
because he's the messenger." sort.... But it will cause an upset.
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