On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:11 PM Matt Burke via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/09/2020 20:19, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > While I'm at it -- anyone know > > precisely what I need to use this under VMS? I believe 4.7 was the last > > VMS release that supported it, but there were additional packages that > > needed to be installed to support it, and I'm not entirely sure what they > > are. > > To use the VAXstation 100 with VMS you need to install the "VAXstation > Software" layered product. I have not come across any original copies > however DEC later contributed the source code to the DECUS library under > submission V00376. The submission consists of a CMS library and some > other source files. The only place you can reliably get this from is > DECUServe as you need to get the files whilst preserving their RMS > attributes. Then you need to compile the code and create an installation > kit to use the software. > > The good news is that I've already done all of this so here is a link to > the source and installation kit on Simh tap files: > > http://www.9track.net/bits/dec/vs100/v00376.zip > http://www.9track.net/bits/dec/vs100/vsta012.zip > > This was built on VAX/VMS V4.4 with: > > Bliss-32 V4.3 > FORTRAN V4.7 > Pascal V3.7 > CMS V2.3 > MMS V2.2 > Thanks so much for compiling this and making it available! I'll hopefully have time to give it a go in the next week or so. > > I also have a VAXstation 100 that I hope to get working some day but I > need the M7452 card and a VS10X-EA mouse. I did win an M7452 on eBay > about 10 years ago but the seller then said that he had already sold it. > I've not seen another one since (well not one for an affordable price. I > did find a reseller that wanted $1000 for one). > Yeah, I think I found the same reseller, same price. I got really lucky and stumbled onto a usenet post from 1999 that lead me to a very kind person who still had the parts in his stash. The mouse shouldn't be too difficult to substitute a replacement for, it's just a Hawley, with quadrature signaling. - Josh > > Matt >
