Tim I agree that (see below) is a good, detailed reference. I found this one to good too, but Lennert is creating a Cluster and installing DECNet, both non-novice operations. So the reader has to kind of edit the procedure:
https://vanalboom.org/node/18 A few comments are in order: 1. HP's license package includes a UCX, not TCP license. I doubt a novice would recognize that the UCX license works fine for TCP. 2. Interfacing to Ethernet is a bag of worms. Lennert's discussion is dated because Jordi points out that SIMH 3.9 has added functionality. See http://ancientbits.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/simh-39-using-vde-for-fun-and.html But his example doesn't work either. In particular I get the following error: david@Thinkpad:~$ sudo brctl addbr br0 david@Thinkpad:~$ sudo ifconfig tap0 up tap0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device david@Thinkpad:~$ 3. VMS has several editors available. If the user isn't careful, editing files could be very frustrating. The following works: $ SET TERMINAL /DEVICE=VT100 $ EDIT MODPARAMS.DAT The following doesn't $ SET TERMINAL /DEVICE=VT200 $ EDIT MODPARAMS.DAT To see which terminal-type SIMH defined, use the command: $ SHOW TERMINAL To add to the confusion, the following works in either case (because it's a different editor) $ EDIT/EDT MODPARAMS.DAT Well, I'm belaboring the point. There are several books available that describe basic VMS commands, keyboarding, functionality etc.: Duffy, Getting Started with OpenVMS Holmay, The OpenVMS User's Guide Rice et al, Introduction to OpenVMS So, I have SIMH/VAX running and I'm pleased with all of your fine comments, suggestions and assistance. Thank you very much! David. --- On Thu, 8/30/12, Tim Newsham <[email protected]> wrote: From: Tim Newsham <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Simh] Basic questions To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 9:04 PM I know very little about VMS, but I found this to be a great guide: http://kuhl-us.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html ...
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