13 Nov
2019
13 Nov
'19
8:54 p.m.
Hello,
I have a license for openvms and an old openvms file. It's been so long
I can't remember how to get the license into the simulator and simulated
OS and apply it. If I can figure out how to do that I will try to get a
C compiler and some TCP/IP things into the VMS.
??? Does anyone know where I can get some help loading the license. I
seem to remember creating a ISO filewith the license in it and changing
some attribs in VMS.
Bill
13 Nov
13 Nov
8:57 p.m.
I've done it two ways -- the iso create and bring it in via CDROM drive
-- or just cut and paste at the console to get TCP/IP and FTP up and
bring the file in via ftp over the network.
I don't remember the RMS attributes that needed changing.
Bill
On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Hello,
I have a license for openvms and an old openvms file. It's been so
long I can't remember how to get the license into the simulator and
simulated OS and apply it. If I can figure out how to do that I will
try to get a C compiler and some TCP/IP things into the VMS.
??? Does anyone know where I can get some help loading the license. I
seem to remember creating a ISO filewith the license in it and
changing some attribs in VMS.
Bill
9:23 p.m.
The attribs you need to change are right in the hobbyist license e-mail.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 2:58 PM William Pechter <pechter at gmail.com> wrote:
I've done it two ways -- the iso create and bring
it in via CDROM drive
-- or just cut and paste at the console to get TCP/IP and FTP up and
bring the file in via ftp over the network.
I don't remember the RMS attributes that needed changing.
Bill
On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Hello,
I have a license for openvms and an old openvms file. It's been so
long I can't remember how to get the license into the simulator and
simulated OS and apply it. If I can figure out how to do that I will
try to get a C compiler and some TCP/IP things into the VMS.
Does anyone know where I can get some help loading the license. I
seem to remember creating a ISO filewith the license in it and
changing some attribs in VMS.
Bill
9:30 p.m.
On 11/13/2019 3:23 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
The attribs you need to change are right in the
hobbyist license e-mail.
Oh. Ok I don't remember getting anything with the license in the email,
except the license. Ok well I will look around some. I remember a : that
being used in VMS a lot. As well as brackets. Thanks all for help.
Bill
9:33 p.m.
I checked my email and this is what it says:
An alternate way people get files onto their server or emulated server is
to either create your own iso
image file with the files you want to transfer. If you do this, there
is a good chance the OpenVMS file
attributes will be lost on your Windows (or Linux) system. To
compensate for this, copy the files onto
your OpenVMS disk (from the iso) and set the attributes:
bck:
$ set file file.bck/attribute=(lrl:32256,rfm:fix)
sav:
$ set file file.sav/attribute=(lrl:32256,rfm:fix)
pcsi:
$ set file file.pcsi/attribute=(lrl:8192,rfm:fix,rat:none)
txt:
$ set file file.txt/attribute=(rfm:STM) or (rfm:STMLF)
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 3:31 PM Bill Cunningham <bill.cu at suddenlink.net>
wrote:
On 11/13/2019 3:23 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
The attribs you need to change are right in the hobbyist license e-mail.
And also I seem to remember a .COM which is a executable. And a file needs
a name changed.
Bill
11:07 p.m.
On 11/13/2019 3:33 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
I checked my email and this is what it says:
An alternate way people get files onto their server or emulated server
is to either create your own iso
? ?image file with the files you want to transfer.? If you do this,
there is a good chance the OpenVMS file
?attributes will be lost on your Windows (or Linux) system. To
compensate for this, copy the files onto
? ?your OpenVMS disk (from the iso) and set the attributes:
? ?bck:
? ?$ set file file.bck/attribute=(lrl:32256,rfm:fix)
? ?sav:
? ?$ set file file.sav/attribute=(lrl:32256,rfm:fix)
? ?pcsi:
? ?$ set file file.pcsi/attribute=(lrl:8192,rfm:fix,rat:none)
? ?txt:
? ?$ set file file.txt/attribute=(rfm:STM) or (rfm:STMLF)
OK yes. I looked my license over and I didn't see this anywhere on it.
Something must've came with the license I didn't look over. If so my
mistake but I can't remember anything. Hum.
Bill
11:39 p.m.
In the early days, I remember configuring the card reader for SIMH VAX, attaching it to
the COM file containing the licences from HP Hobbyist.
From the VMS prompt, I copied the card reader device to
a local file then executed it to install all of the licences.
Having said that, a copy/paste into your PUTTY window that?s running a CREATE will work on
OPA0:
Keith
11:41 p.m.
On 11/13/19 5:39 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
Having said that, a copy/paste into your PUTTY window
that?s running a
CREATE will work on OPA0:
That will only work if you either do it in very small chunks, pace it
within the terminal program, or increase the buffer sizes.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
11:55 p.m.
On 2019-11-13 23:41, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 5:39 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
Seriously, I have always just typed in the few licenses needed to get
the system to a point where I can transfer the rest over the network.
People, your keyboards are not scary devices... :-)
Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper, and typing was the
only option.
Johnny
--
Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
|| on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Having said that, a copy/paste into your PUTTY
window that?s running a
CREATE will work on OPA0:
That will only work if you either do it in very small chunks, pace it
within the terminal program, or increase the buffer sizes.
14 Nov
14 Nov
12:02 a.m.
On 11/13/19 5:55 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Seriously, I have always just typed in the few licenses needed to get
the system to a point where I can transfer the rest over the network.
People, your keyboards are not scary devices... :-)
Yes, that was my first suggestion. But we live in an extremely lazy
society.
Having said that, a copy/paste into your PUTTY window
that?s running a
CREATE will work on OPA0:
?? That will only work if you either do it in very small chunks, pace it
within the terminal program, or increase the buffer sizes. Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper,
and typing was the
only option.
Man I've done a whole bunch of those! That was one thing that was
hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
12:07 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 6:02 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 5:55 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Seriously, I have
always just typed in the few licenses needed to get
the system to a point where I can transfer the rest over the network.
People, your keyboards are not scary devices... :-) Yes, that was my first
suggestion. But we live in an extremely lazy
society.
The license was on paper. And Dave Cutler designed all this, before
going to Microsoft? I have been dealing with linux and unix a bit. but I
have noticed a Compiler and TCP/IP for VMS and a GUI. Well they are
really cranking VMS up, anything better than windows. But, that's what
people use.
Having said that, a copy/paste into your PUTTY window
that?s running a
CREATE will work on OPA0:
?? That will only work if you either do it in very
small chunks, pace it
within the terminal program, or increase the buffer sizes. Back in the day, the license was on a piece of
paper, and typing was the
only option.
Man I've done a whole bunch of those! That was one thing that
was
hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition.
-Dave
12:11 a.m.
On 11/13/19 6:07 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
The license was on paper. And Dave Cutler designed all this, before
going to Microsoft?
Not the licensing system (LMF), no.
Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper,
and typing was the
only option.
?? Man I've done a whole bunch of those!? That was one thing that
was
hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition. I have been dealing with linux and unix a bit. but I
have noticed a Compiler and TCP/IP for VMS and a GUI. Well they are
really cranking VMS up, anything better than windows.
Of course. Do you find this surprising? VMS had a GUI thirty years
ago, and TCP/IP even before that. And compilers for a long list of
languages many years before that.
But, that's what people use.
I don't know where you hang out, but I think about 5% of the people I
know use Windows, all of whom have plans to dump it. And certainly none
of the hardcore technical people I know use it. I myself have never
used it...I'm not a patient person and I have real work to do.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
12:30 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 6:11 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 6:07 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
The license was on paper. And
Dave Cutler designed all this, before
going to Microsoft? Not the licensing system (LMF), no.
It seems when I log on websites are all designed for windows, maybe
Apple OSes which I have never used. Things like acrobat or Java runtime.
The masses that use desktops and not cellphones, I thought used Windows
or Apple OS. I thought gates told Cutler Windows was going to be the
next "big thing". Or Cutler might not have left DEC. Maybe I am wrong.
When I think of VMS I think VAX and PDP-11. Neither of which had GUIs,
but that's certainly not now I can see. If I master TCP/IP on VMS next
is DECnet.
Bill
Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper,
and typing was the
only option.
?? Man I've done a whole bunch of those!? That was one thing
that was
hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition. I have been dealing with linux and unix a bit.
but I
have noticed a Compiler and TCP/IP for VMS and a GUI. Well they are
really cranking VMS up, anything better than windows.
Of course. Do you find
this surprising? VMS had a GUI thirty years
ago, and TCP/IP even before that. And compilers for a long list of
languages many years before that.
But, that's what people use.
I
don't know where you hang out, but I think about 5% of the people I
know use Windows, all of whom have plans to dump it. And certainly none
of the hardcore technical people I know use it. I myself have never
used it...I'm not a patient person and I have real work to do.
-Dave
12:39 a.m.
On 11/13/19 6:30 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
How can you tell? I use websites all day, every day, and they work fine.
?? I don't
know where you hang out, but I think about 5% of the people I
know use Windows, all of whom have plans to dump it.? And certainly none
of the hardcore technical people I know use it.? I myself have never
used it...I'm not a patient person and I have real work to do.
It seems when I log on websites are all designed for windows, Things like acrobat or Java runtime.
...neither of which are Windows things...
The masses that use desktops and not cellphones, I
thought used Windows
or Apple OS.
Some do. Not as many as Microsoft fanboys would like.
When I think of VMS I think VAX and PDP-11.
VMS doesn't have anything to do with the PDP-11. (well strictly
speaking that's not true, but it is not and never has been a PDP-11 OS)
Neither of which had GUIs,
but that's certainly not now I can see.
No, it's not true now, and hasn't been for thirty years. My main
desktop system in 1989 was a VAX with a 19" monitor running a GUI, and
it was far from an unusual configuration. VAXen had GUIs even a few
years before that.
If I master TCP/IP on VMS next is DECnet.
Bravo. DECnet is a nice protocol suite. Which brings this back
on-topic. =)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
1:13 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf
Of Bill Cunningham
Sent: 13 November 2019 23:30
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Getting openvms going
On 11/13/2019 6:11 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 11/13/19 6:07 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>>>> Back in the day, the license was on a piece of paper, and typing
>>>> was the only option.
>>> Man I've done a whole bunch of those! That was one thing that
>>> was hard to get used to in the 4.7->5.0 transition.
>> The license was on paper. And Dave Cutler designed all this, before
>> going to Microsoft?
> Not the licensing system (LMF), no.
>
>> I have been dealing with linux and unix a bit. but I have noticed a
>> Compiler and TCP/IP for VMS and a GUI. Well they are really cranking
>> VMS up, anything better than windows.
> Of course. Do you find this surprising? VMS had a GUI thirty
> years ago, and TCP/IP even before that. And compilers for a long list
> of languages many years before that.
>
>> But, that's what people use.
> I don't know where you hang out, but I think about 5% of the people
> I know use Windows, all of whom have plans to dump it. And certainly
> none of the hardcore technical people I know use it. I myself have
> never used it...I'm not a patient person and I have real work to do.
>
> -Dave
You move in technical circles and perhaps in the US things are different....
But at risk of falling out with you again can I say that in the UK almost every local
government user desktop is windows.
I don't think I have ever encountered a Linux desktop in the UK in local government.
The odd Apple machine where Desktop publishing was needed, but no Linux.
Almost every desktop PC in the UK health Service (the NHS) runs MS Windows. I must admit I
have only worked in three schools (and been a governor in one) but again all Windows
desktops.
There is some Linux on things like Raspberry PIs for Python but not for admin/teaching
There is a lot more Linux in the back office. So in Stockport Council we had around 250
windows server images (and again most councils are similar) but ran a Linux farm for
running MOODLE and a couple of Linux servers for Oracle for some of the social care apps.
I see even Munich has returned to Windows (although that?s old)
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-era-linux-pionee…
I find this state of affairs very sad. Monocultures like this lead to vulnerable systems.
A diversity would be much better. It would be really nice to have some desktop Solaris but
SUN seem to have just about killed that.
It seems when I log on websites are all designed for windows, maybe Apple
OSes which I have never used. Things like acrobat or Java runtime.
I don't know of any sites which still use Java. Javascript but that?s nothing to do
with Java. Some Acrobat perhaps but not so much.
The masses that use desktops and not cellphones, I
thought used Windows or
Apple OS. I thought gates told Cutler Windows was going to be the next "big
thing". Or Cutler might not have left DEC. Maybe I am wrong.
Looking at the Google Analytics for Trafford & Hulme Campaign for Real Ale site (which
is Joomla on Linux on Plesk) for October I roughly get
(thcamra.org.uk)
43% Windows,
23% Android
20% IOS
6% Macintosh
6% Didn't tell us
2% Linux
Plus one session from some poor soul with Windows Phone. So whilst Windows is the biggest,
if you combine the Android and IOS to get total mobile/tablet use it?s a little higher
I know that I am of course only surveying beer drinkers which may be warped in other ways
and it?s a small sample, but from what I recall the figures for the CAMRA pubs database
site
( www.whatpub.com) are in similar proportions, and they gets a lot more hits.
When I think of VMS I think VAX and PDP-11. Neither of
which had GUIs, but
that's certainly not now I can see. If I master TCP/IP on VMS next is DECnet.
If you have multiple VAX might be better to start with DECNET.
Bill
Dave
G4UGM
2:08 a.m.
On 11/13/19 7:13 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
You move in technical circles and perhaps in the US
things are different....
But at risk of falling out with you again can I say that in the UK almost every local
government user desktop is windows.
I don't think I have ever encountered a Linux desktop in the UK in local government.
The odd Apple machine where Desktop publishing was needed, but no Linux.
Almost every desktop PC in the UK health Service (the NHS) runs MS Windows. I must admit
I have only worked in three schools (and been a governor in one) but again all Windows
desktops.
There is some Linux on things like Raspberry PIs for Python but not for admin/teaching
Well I did mention "selection bias". ;) Government is about as far
from "high tech" as one can get. I work in the tech industry as a
contract electronic designer. Everything in this business is Linux,
with a few poor sods stuck with Windows because their *nontechnical*
manager told them what tools to use to do their jobs, and they didn't
quit on the spot as they should have.
Solaris and HP-UX used to have a big footprint in this business, but
it's almost all gone at this point.
There is a lot more Linux in the back office. So in
Stockport Council we had around 250 windows server images (and again most councils are
similar) but ran a Linux farm for running MOODLE and a couple of Linux servers for Oracle
for some of the social care apps. I see even Munich has returned to Windows (although
that?s old)
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-era-linux-pionee…
I find this state of affairs very sad. Monocultures like this lead to vulnerable systems.
A diversity would be much better. It would be really nice to have some desktop Solaris but
SUN seem to have just about killed that.
I agree 100%. Oracle killed it the rest of the way, but Sun really
just paid lip service to desktop environments for several years before
that. Sigh.
Looking at the Google Analytics for Trafford &
Hulme Campaign for Real Ale site (which is Joomla on Linux on Plesk) for October I roughly
get
(thcamra.org.uk)
43% Windows,
23% Android
20% IOS
6% Macintosh
6% Didn't tell us
2% Linux
Plus one session from some poor soul with Windows Phone. So whilst Windows is the
biggest, if you combine the Android and IOS to get total mobile/tablet use it?s a little
higher
I know that I am of course only surveying beer drinkers which may be warped in other ways
and it?s a small sample, but from what I recall the figures for the CAMRA pubs database
site
( www.whatpub.com) are in similar proportions, and they gets a lot more hits.
Well as Android is Linux under the hood, and iOS and MacOS are UNIX
under the hood, that makes those numbers look a bit different.
But either way, it boils down to people who understand technology the
best typically don't run Windows. If I'm at the grocery store shopping
for vitamins, and I see a doctor avoiding a certain brand of vitamins, I
follow his lead. But the world of management and other nontechnical
types isn't quite so logical.
We should probably talk about DECnet before we get smacked by Johnny
for liking each other enough to be sociable. ;) */me pokes Johnny*
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
2:50 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 8:08 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
[...]
Well as Android is Linux under the hood, and iOS and MacOS are UNIX
under the hood, that makes those numbers look a bit different.
But either way, it boils down to people who understand technology the
best typically don't run Windows. If I'm at the grocery store shopping
for vitamins, and I see a doctor avoiding a certain brand of vitamins, I
follow his lead. But the world of management and other nontechnical
types isn't quite so logical.
We should probably talk about DECnet before we get smacked by Johnny
for liking each other enough to be sociable. ;) */me pokes Johnny*
-Dave
I thought Android was written in Java or maybe Javascript. Jim Gosling
wrote Java and there is JRE for (at one time) solaris and there is for
Windows and Linux.
And earlier when I mentioned VMS I meant and DEC and their machines
PDP-11 and VAX.
3:14 a.m.
On 11/13/19 8:50 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
No. Android is a Linux kernel with a UI layer atop that. Android
*apps* are written in Java.
?? Well as
Android is Linux under the hood, and iOS and MacOS are UNIX
under the hood, that makes those numbers look a bit different.
I thought Android was written in Java or maybe Javascript. Jim Gosling
wrote Java and there is JRE for (at one time) solaris and there is for
Windows and Linux.
There are still JREs (and JDKs) for Solaris on both SPARC and x86_64.
And for Linux on x86, x86_64, ARM, and everything else.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
3:19 a.m.
Hello!
Take the publishing trades. My father ran several typesetting houses,
he even did the day to day management for his father my grandfather
and they owned a hotmetal shop. That means Linotype. And eventually
moved towards photo and with them went computers. The programs ran on
both a Nova 2 and then a Nova 3, finally an Eclipse. Eventually the
trade went desktop which was on a Mac using Quark. Now look where we
are.
I have a book on programming in the MS-DOS (!!) world, it was also
done desktop. But the program was the same from the Novas and the
Eclipse, rewritten for the PC. Sadly it never took off.
-----
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 8:08 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 11/13/19 7:13 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
You move in technical circles and perhaps in the
US things are different....
But at risk of falling out with you again can I say that in the UK almost every local
government user desktop is windows.
I don't think I have ever encountered a Linux desktop in the UK in local government.
The odd Apple machine where Desktop publishing was needed, but no Linux.
Almost every desktop PC in the UK health Service (the NHS) runs MS Windows. I must admit
I have only worked in three schools (and been a governor in one) but again all Windows
desktops.
There is some Linux on things like Raspberry PIs for Python but not for admin/teaching
Well I did mention "selection bias". ;) Government is about as far
from "high tech" as one can get. I work in the tech industry as a
contract electronic designer. Everything in this business is Linux,
with a few poor sods stuck with Windows because their *nontechnical*
manager told them what tools to use to do their jobs, and they didn't
quit on the spot as they should have.
Solaris and HP-UX used to have a big footprint in this business, but
it's almost all gone at this point.
There is a lot more Linux in the back office. So
in Stockport Council we had around 250 windows server images (and again most councils are
similar) but ran a Linux farm for running MOODLE and a couple of Linux servers for Oracle
for some of the social care apps. I see even Munich has returned to Windows (although
that?s old)
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-era-linux-pionee…
I find this state of affairs very sad. Monocultures like this lead to vulnerable systems.
A diversity would be much better. It would be really nice to have some desktop Solaris but
SUN seem to have just about killed that.
I agree 100%. Oracle killed it the rest of the way, but Sun really
just paid lip service to desktop environments for several years before
that. Sigh.
Looking at the Google Analytics for Trafford
& Hulme Campaign for Real Ale site (which is Joomla on Linux on Plesk) for October I
roughly get
(thcamra.org.uk)
43% Windows,
23% Android
20% IOS
6% Macintosh
6% Didn't tell us
2% Linux
Plus one session from some poor soul with Windows Phone. So whilst Windows is the
biggest, if you combine the Android and IOS to get total mobile/tablet use it?s a little
higher
I know that I am of course only surveying beer drinkers which may be warped in other ways
and it?s a small sample, but from what I recall the figures for the CAMRA pubs database
site
( www.whatpub.com) are in similar proportions, and they gets a lot more hits.
Well as Android is Linux under the hood, and iOS and MacOS are UNIX
under the hood, that makes those numbers look a bit different.
But either way, it boils down to people who understand technology the
best typically don't run Windows. If I'm at the grocery store shopping
for vitamins, and I see a doctor avoiding a certain brand of vitamins, I
follow his lead. But the world of management and other nontechnical
types isn't quite so logical.
We should probably talk about DECnet before we get smacked by Johnny
for liking each other enough to be sociable. ;) */me pokes Johnny*
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
13 Nov
13 Nov
9:52 p.m.
On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
I have a license for openvms and an old openvms file.
It's been so long
I can't remember how to get the license into the simulator and simulated
OS and apply it. If I can figure out how to do that I will try to get a
C compiler and some TCP/IP things into the VMS.
??? Does anyone know where I can get some help loading the license. I
seem to remember creating a ISO filewith the license in it and changing
some attribs in VMS.
You'll need to install the VAX-VMS and DVNETEND PAKs to get it talking
via DECnet, then any other license PAKs can be transferred. Just typing
in those two PAKs is easy.
You can copy/paste them from the terminal, but if you try it all at
once you'll hit a buffer overflow. To address that, edit
SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT and add the following lines:
MIN_TTY_TYPAHDSZ=4096
MIN_TTY_ALTYPAHD=4096
...then do:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ @AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT NOFEEDBACK
After the system comes back up, log in again, then you can paste in
much larger chunks without issues.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
11:13 p.m.
On 11/13/2019 3:52 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Bill
[...]
You'll need to install the
VAX-VMS and DVNETEND PAKs to get it talking
via DECnet, then any other license PAKs can be transferred. Just typing
in those two PAKs is easy.
You can copy/paste them from the terminal, but if you try it all at
once you'll hit a buffer overflow. To address that, edit
SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT and add the following lines:
MIN_TTY_TYPAHDSZ=4096
MIN_TTY_ALTYPAHD=4096
...then do:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ @AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT NOFEEDBACK
After the system comes back up, log in again, then you can paste in
much larger chunks without issues.
-Dave
Ok yes I want to install decnet too. OK I will copy this, no sure what to do yet, but I
will need it if it's needed for decnet. There's a phase IV and another system
loaded from the backup. Are they both needed for TCP/IP or decnet?
11:19 p.m.
On 11/13/2019 3:52 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 2:54 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
...
You'll need to install the VAX-VMS and DVNETEND PAKs to get it talking
via DECnet, then any other license PAKs can be transferred. Just typing
in those two PAKs is easy.
You can copy/paste them from the terminal, but if you try it all at
once you'll hit a buffer overflow. To address that, edit
SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT and add the following lines:
MIN_TTY_TYPAHDSZ=4096
MIN_TTY_ALTYPAHD=4096
...then do:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ @AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT NOFEEDBACK
After the system comes back up, log in again, then you can paste in
much larger chunks without issues.
-Dave
So I need to do this before the DVNETEND PAKS for decnet. Would i get
these PAKS from HP too?
Bill
11:22 p.m.
On 11/13/19 5:19 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
DVNETEND is the PAK for a DECnet end node. It comes with the hobbyist
license PAK kit, or at least it used to. It's needed if you want to run
DECnet. I suggested it because it's an easy way to get the rest of the
license PAKs on a new VAX (real or emulated) assuming you have other
DECnet running elsewhere on your network.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
?? You'll
need to install the VAX-VMS and DVNETEND PAKs to get it talking
via DECnet, then any other license PAKs can be transferred.? Just typing
in those two PAKs is easy.
?? You can copy/paste them from the terminal, but if you try it all at
once you'll hit a buffer overflow.? To address that, edit
SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT and add the following lines:
MIN_TTY_TYPAHDSZ=4096
MIN_TTY_ALTYPAHD=4096
?? ...then do:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ @AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT NOFEEDBACK
?? After the system comes back up, log in again, then you can paste in
much larger chunks without issues.
?????????? -Dave
So I need to do this before the DVNETEND PAKS for decnet. Would i get
these PAKS from HP too? 
9:56 p.m.
Hello,
I have a license for openvms and an old openvms file. It's been so long
I can't remember how to get the license into the simulator and simulated
OS and apply it. If I can figure out how to do that I will try to get a
C compiler and some TCP/IP things into the VMS.
??? Does anyone know where I can get some help loading the license. I
seem to remember creating a ISO filewith the license in it and changing
some attribs in VMS.
My solution was to install TCP/IP first and then FTP up the license file and modify it on
OpenVMS.
This requires that I enter the licensing manually for UCX (and I usually do decnet at the
same time, so DVNETEND, DVNETEXT, DVNETRTG)
[I just copy/paste this part across.]
Once I?ve got the license file on the OpenVMS machine (licensefile.com in this example) I
convert it using:
$ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) licensefile.com
$ CONVERT/FDL=SYS$INPUT licensefile.com newlicensefile.com
RECORD
FORMAT STREAM_LF
<CTRL-Z>
You can then run the new licensefile a la @newlicensefile.com
Cheers, Wiz!!
11:10 p.m.
On 11/13/2019 3:56 PM, David Moylan wrote:
[...]
My solution was to install TCP/IP first and then FTP up the license file and modify it on
OpenVMS.
This requires that I enter the licensing manually for UCX (and I usually do decnet at the
same time, so DVNETEND, DVNETEXT, DVNETRTG)
[I just copy/paste this part across.]
Once I?ve got the license file on the OpenVMS machine (licensefile.com in this example) I
convert it using:
$ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) licensefile.com
$ CONVERT/FDL=SYS$INPUT licensefile.com newlicensefile.com
RECORD
FORMAT STREAM_LF
<CTRL-Z>
You can then run the new licensefile a la @newlicensefile.com
Cheers, Wiz!!
It seems like I remember using mount, as in mount dua0 or the like.
11:28 p.m.
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 2:10 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 11/13/2019 3:56 PM, David Moylan wrote:
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
3) Boot VMS and login on the console and then execute the following commands:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
- Mark
[...]
My solution was to install TCP/IP first and then FTP up the license file and
modify it on OpenVMS.
This requires that I enter the licensing manually for UCX (and I
usually do decnet at the same time, so DVNETEND, DVNETEXT, DVNETRTG)
[I just copy/paste this part across.]
Once I?ve got the license file on the OpenVMS machine (licensefile.com in
this
example) I convert it using:
$ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) licensefile.com $
CONVERT/FDL=SYS$INPUT
licensefile.com newlicensefile.com
RECORD
FORMAT STREAM_LF
<CTRL-Z>
You can then run the new licensefile a la @newlicensefile.com
Cheers, Wiz!!
It seems like I remember using mount, as in mount dua0 or the like.
14 Nov
14 Nov
12:02 a.m.
On 11/13/19 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of
licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
3) Boot VMS and login on the console and then execute the following commands:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
Wow that's damn nice! I've got to try that new mode!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
12:31 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 2:10 PM, Bill
Cunningham wrote:
I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
Bill
On 11/13/2019 3:56 PM, David Moylan wrote:
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
3) Boot VMS and login on the console and then execute the following commands:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
- Mark [...]
My solution was to install TCP/IP first and then FTP up the license file and
modify it on OpenVMS.
This requires that I enter the licensing manually
for UCX (and I
usually do decnet at the same time, so DVNETEND, DVNETEXT, DVNETRTG)
[I just copy/paste this part across.]
Once I?ve got the license file on the OpenVMS machine (licensefile.com in
this
example) I convert it using:
$ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) licensefile.com $
CONVERT/FDL=SYS$INPUT
licensefile.com newlicensefile.com
RECORD
FORMAT STREAM_LF
<CTRL-Z>
You can then run the new licensefile a la @newlicensefile.com
Cheers, Wiz!!
It seems like I remember using mount, as in mount dua0 or the like.
12:40 a.m.
On 11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape mode is a
fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for lagging
months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid development these
days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
The "HELP
TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
1:03 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 6:40 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape
mode is a
fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for lagging
months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid development these
days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using gcc was from
http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old. This newer one is slower but I
see the new help tq attach options.
Bill
The
"HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
I tried "H tq
att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
1:05 a.m.
On 11/13/19 7:03 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using
gcc was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
Ok, good, you're on the right track. Now get those PAKs set up, and
you should be well on your way to getting it on HECnet.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I
think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
?? You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape
mode is a
fairly recent addition.? Package repositories are notorious for lagging
months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid development these
days.? (thanks Mark!)
1:18 a.m.
On 11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape
mode is
a fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using gcc
was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
What do you mean by "slower". Slower by a second or so to get to
an initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark
The
"HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
I tried "H tq
att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
1:46 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 7:18 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Running on linux starting it up all kinds of printing binary you are
running. I used "set rq0 ra92" and "att rq0 vms" a new file was being
created and that took the longest. Before getting to the backup part of
creating from the openvms73.iso backup.
Bill
On 11/13/19
6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new
tape mode is
a fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using gcc
was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
What do you
mean by "slower". Slower by a second or so to get to
an initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark The
"HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
I tried "H tq
att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
1:47 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 7:46 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 11/13/2019 7:18 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Running on linux starting it up all kinds of printing binary you are
running. I used "set rq0 ra92" and "att rq0 vms" a new file was being
created and that took the longest. Before getting to the backup part
of creating from the openvms73.iso backup.
Bill
Ok yes and
set rq1 cdrom
set rq1 openvms73.iso
was already set up
On
11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
What do you
mean by "slower".? Slower by a second? or so to get to
an initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark > The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should
help with more detail.
I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look
for a newer version.
??? You may need to build from source; I suspect that new
tape mode is
a fairly recent addition.? Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days.? (thanks Mark!)
?????????????? -Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using
gcc
was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
6:14 a.m.
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
On 11/13/2019 7:18 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Running on linux starting it up all kinds of printing binary you are running.
What does "printing binary" mean?
On
11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
What do you
mean by "slower". Slower by a second or so to get to an
initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark > The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should
help with more detail.
I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will
look for a newer version.
You may need to build from source; I suspect that
new tape mode
is a fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using
gcc was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options. I used "set rq0 ra92" and "att rq0
vms" a new file was being created and that
took the longest. Before getting to the backup part of creating from the
openvms73.iso backup.
The latest code provides more robust/consistent behavior for simulators
when the simulator user interacts with it. In this particular case, the
complete disk image is created at attach time instead of having it
arbitrarily grow while the simulator is actually running. Arbitrary
expansion of the disk image while the simulator is busy executing
instructions can create crazy errors if/when the host system runs
out of disk space. It is best to find this out at attach time rather at
some random time later. This approach also supports subsequent
automatic disk type/size detection when you happen to restart the
simulator later. You'll now notice that later attach operations of
VMS (and most other OS disk images) will announce the disk label
and it's file system size when you attach a disk that has a ODS1,
ODS2, RT11, Ultrix partition table, on it.
Feel free to report any problems or other irregularities you may
observe.
- Mark
2:32 p.m.
On 11/14/2019 12:14 AM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM, Bill
Cunningham wrote:
"You'll now notice that later attach operations of
VMS (and most other OS disk images) will announce the disk label
and it's file system size when you attach a disk that has a ODS1,
ODS2, RT11, Ultrix partition table, on it."
This is what I meant by "printing binary". This above is a quote from later in
your message. I meant the binary, the compiled executable, now prints these things you
mentioned. Printing "announcements" of the compiled binary executable, compiled
in ELF in my case.
HTH
Bill
...
On 11/13/2019 7:18 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Running on linux starting it up all kinds of printing binary you are
running.
What does "printing binary" mean? On
11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
> I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will
> look for a newer version.
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape mode
is a fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using
gcc was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
What do you
mean by "slower". Slower by a second or so to get to an
initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark
2:37 p.m.
On 11/14/2019 12:14 AM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 4:46 PM, Bill
Cunningham wrote:
Well I to my knowledge have not had the problems you mentioned, my
partition of my fedora host was made to be about 30 GB. I think around
27 or so gibibytes is reported.
Bill
On 11/13/2019 7:18 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Running on linux starting it up all kinds of printing binary you are
running.
What does "printing binary" mean?
On
11/13/19 6:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
> I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will
> look for a newer version.
You may need to build from source; I suspect that new tape mode
is a fairly recent addition. Package repositories are notorious for
lagging months or years behind, and simh is under fairly rapid
development these days. (thanks Mark!)
-Dave
Hum ok I compiled simh-master.zip. The source I had I compiled using
gcc was from http://simh.trailing-edge.com so it might've been old.
This newer one is slower but I see the new help tq attach options.
What do you
mean by "slower". Slower by a second or so to get to an
initial sim> prompt, or slower to execute instructions?
- Mark I used "set rq0 ra92" and "att rq0
vms" a new file was being created and that
took the longest. Before getting to the backup part of creating from the
openvms73.iso backup.
The latest code provides more robust/consistent behavior for
simulators
when the simulator user interacts with it. In this particular case, the
complete disk image is created at attach time instead of having it
arbitrarily grow while the simulator is actually running. Arbitrary
expansion of the disk image while the simulator is busy executing
instructions can create crazy errors if/when the host system runs
out of disk space. It is best to find this out at attach time rather at
some random time later. This approach also supports subsequent
automatic disk type/size detection when you happen to restart the
simulator later. You'll now notice that later attach operations of
VMS (and most other OS disk images) will announce the disk label
and it's file system size when you attach a disk that has a ODS1,
ODS2, RT11, Ultrix partition table, on it.
Feel free to report any problems or other irregularities you may
observe.
- Mark
15 Nov
15 Nov
2:12 a.m.
On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
...
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
??? The command above Mark does not seem to work on my VMS at all. I
can get it to accept this,
att tq -F FIXED vmst? /* vmst is a rename of the Hobbyist VA.TXT
license, tried the original name it didn't work either */
3) Boot VMS and login on the console and then execute
the following commands:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
??? The OS request I mount the following name,
mount /over=id _BUC$MUA0:? /* That it takes but it doesn't work */
Ha I am stumped here. I can't remember what all the $ and : mean. And
the [] I think mean directory. The numbers after ; I remember are
version numbers and that's what purge is for.
Bill
The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
- Mark
3:19 a.m.
I got it mechanically so to speak to work but it gave me an error on
5.5-2. I am not sure if it is the version of VMS or not but I will try it
7.3 tomorrow and see if it works.
Ray
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 8:12 PM Bill Cunningham <bill.cu at suddenlink.net>
wrote:
On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
...
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and
Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this
command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
The command above Mark does not seem to work on my VMS at all. I
can get it to accept this,
att tq -F FIXED vmst /* vmst is a rename of the Hobbyist VA.TXT
license, tried the original name it didn't work either */
3) Boot VMS and login on the console and
then execute the
following commands:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
The OS request I mount the following name,
mount /over=id _BUC$MUA0: /* That it takes but it doesn't work */
Ha I am stumped here. I can't remember what all the $ and : mean. And
the [] I think mean directory. The numbers after ; I remember are
version numbers and that's what purge is for.
Bill
The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
- Mark
4:17 a.m.
On Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 5:12 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
Once you get the earlier commands correctly (with "ATT TQ -F ANSI-VMS vmst"),
Since you've renamed the file you're putting on the tape, the above VMS commands
will then be:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
$ @MUA0:VMST.
Note the trailing period will be required since it seems you renamed
the "Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT" file "vmst"
On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Notice the "sim> " prompt. Hopefully that you realize that this
isn't a VMS command, but a simh command which could either
be entered manually or be part of your configuration file.
...
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
??? The command above Mark does not seem to work on my VMS at all. I
can get it to accept this, att tq -F FIXED vmst? /* vmst is a rename of the
Hobbyist VA.TXT
license, tried the original name it didn't work either */
I don't know where you got the source code you've compiled into
the simulator, and you've not show the output of:
sim> SHOW VERSION
The latest simh code is available at https://github.com/simh/simh
which is a git repository. If you want a zip download, that can be
had from https://github.com/simh/simh/archive/master.zip
3) Boot VMS
and login on the console and then execute the following
commands:
> $ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
> $ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT ??? The OS request I mount the following name,
mount /over=id _BUC$MUA0:? /* That it takes but it doesn't work */
Ha I am stumped here. I can't remember what all the $ and : mean. And
the [] I think mean directory. The numbers after ; I remember are
version numbers and that's what purge is for.
Like, above where I prefixed simulator commands with "sim> ", the
VMS commands are prefixed with "$ ". Both are the default prompts
from the respective environments.
- Mark
4:26 a.m.
On 11/14/2019 10:17 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
On Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 5:12 PM, Bill
Cunningham wrote:
Once you get the earlier commands correctly
(with "ATT TQ -F ANSI-VMS vmst"),
Since you've renamed the file you're putting on the tape, the above VMS commands
will then be:
$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
??? The above gives me a list of errors. The OS does not
like it at all
and IDK how to copy the errors to a file to post them. It wants
_BUC$MUA0: . Not MUA0: at all.
On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
Notice the "sim> " prompt. Hopefully that
you realize that this
isn't a VMS command, but a simh command which could either
be entered manually or be part of your configuration file.
...
There are many ways to skin a cat. Some of these ways have
complicated steps and some have fewer.
The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
source code files and other data from the host system environment
using:
1) Extract the license files from the email you received
and save them somewhere in your local file system
(say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
??? The command above Mark does not
seem to work on my VMS at all. I
can get it to accept this, att tq -F FIXED vmst? /* vmst is a rename of the
Hobbyist VA.TXT
license, tried the original name it didn't work either */
I don't know
where you got the source code you've compiled into
the simulator, and you've not show the output of:
sim> SHOW VERSION
The latest simh code is available at https://github.com/simh/simh
which is a git repository. If you want a zip download, that can be
had from https://github.com/simh/simh/archive/master.zip
3) Boot
VMS and login on the console and then execute the following
commands:
> $ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
> $ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT $ @MUA0:VMST.
Note the trailing period will be required since it seems you renamed
the "Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT" file "vmst"
??? The OS request I mount the following name,
mount /over=id _BUC$MUA0:? /* That it takes but it doesn't work */
Ha I am stumped here. I can't remember what all the $ and : mean. And
the [] I think mean directory. The numbers after ; I remember are
version numbers and that's what purge is for.
Like, above where I prefixed
simulator commands with "sim> ", the
VMS commands are prefixed with "$ ". Both are the default prompts
from the respective environments.
- Mark
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