On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:44 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been trying out the VAXstations - 3100M38, 3100M76 and 4000M60, and > I'm not getting much success. > > For the M38 and the M60, if I try for a network boot to my (SimH) cluster, > I get ?4B CTRLERR, e.g. >
[snip] >>> boot esa0 > > -ESA0 > ?4B CTRLERR > ?06 HLT INST > PC = 00000C66 > >>> > > [snip] Has anyone recently managed to get any of these three VAXstations doing a > network boot? > Paul, I'm using the vaxstation3100m38 emulator and the Ethernet support for MOP booting doesn't yet work. I've started looking at this side-by-side with my real Vaxstation 3100 M48 but my almost 32 year old hardware is showing signs of fatigue (I've just replaced it's power supply - and it now runs with SCSI2CD disk emulation from a microSD memory card). The Ethernet routine in SIMH (vax_xs.c) uses some details from the VAXstation 2000 implementation of the LANCE controller chip. I think the same interface is used in the VAXstation 3100 M38 being emulated - but I'd need to see a VAXstation 3100 Technical Manual (if it was produced). One I've seen in my Google searches is a EK-A0525-TD manual referenced for the 3100 model 40 and 80 but no copy of it seems to be available online. I've also got some details that I saved a long time ago about patching the system ROM to support booting larger disks than a RZ26 (over 1.06Gb) by Wolfgang Moeller - which leads me to think maybe there's a disaasembly of the system ROM out there too! (Chime in if you know of it). I then tried booting from CDROM and installing VMS (5.5-2H4 - I want to > replicate a particular historical system). Installing VMS and Motif went > OK, and I can boot from DKA0 and login to VMS, but the system looks like a > MicroVAX rather than a VAXstation. Do I need something in my ini file to > enable the graphics? I'd assumed that because these executables say > VAXstation, that it would be enabled by default. > > My ini file for the M38 looks like: > set cpu 32m > set cpu idle=vms > set cpu conhalt > attach nvr VAXstation3100M38.nvr > set nar mac=08-00-2B-AA-BB-31 > set rz0 rz25 > attach rz0 lamps1_disk0.img > set rz1 disable > set rz2 disable > set rz3 disable > set rz4 cdrom > attach rz4 vms552h4.iso > set rz5 disable > set rz7 disable > attach xs eth0 > > Any comments welcomed! > Try adding set va capture set cpu model=vaxstationgpx which will enable the GPX graphics console. (Also remember to disable _OPA0: as the operator console to stop blast through of OPCOM messages with a "$ define /system OPC$OPA0_ENABLE false" in SYS$STARTUP:SYLOGICALS.COM). Tony
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