[Simh] 3.8-2 rc2 Windows XP disk access issue

2012-03-17 Thread Mark Benson
I appear to be having a bit of a problem with SimH VAX 3.8-2 rc2 and disk image access. I am using an old PIII 933MHz duel CPU workstation with 1GB RAM and XP SP2. I have the required VC++ Runtimes installed and Winpcap. I sourced the binaries from Mark Pizzolato. I have run it using a fresh

Re: [Simh] 3.8-2 rc2 Windows XP disk access issue

2012-03-17 Thread Nathan Cutler
I appear to be having a bit of a problem with SimH VAX 3.8-2 rc2 and disk image access. I am using an old PIII 933MHz duel CPU workstation with 1GB RAM and XP SP2. . . . Any ideas? Here's what I'd do: wipe the disk, install favorite Linux distribution, and recompile SimH using gcc.

Re: [Simh] 3.8-2 rc2 Windows XP disk access issue

2012-03-17 Thread Timothe Litt
Sounds like M$ system restore. It monitors files by type (extension) so you can undo bad drivers/patches. Turns out that many typical choices for emulator disk images get monitored - which means XP chases its tail tracking changes. It's a losing proposition. Try changing the file type on

Re: [Simh] 3.8-2 rc2 Windows XP disk access issue

2012-03-17 Thread Villy Madsen
I ran into this issue abt 3 yrs ago. Here is the definitive answer from someone named Brian If someone wants to do an experiment, here is the information I have about the way to change the list of files covered by System Restore on Windows XP and Vista. On XP, there is super-hidden file named

[Simh] Interesting problem in using the (new) VAX emulation code

2012-03-17 Thread Gregg Levine
Hello! I am trying to use the instructions for installing (and then running) NetBSD with the VAX emulation. Since it seems to be a bit of a SNAFU for installing via CD, I decided to try and make use of the improved networking code to fetch the sets via FTP and install that way. However the