Installing VMS V1.0 on SIMH - Revision history

Neozeed: Added a backup to the files on archive.org

2022-12-13T01:29:38Z

Added a backup to the files on archive.org

Vaxorcist: /* "Connecting" User Terminals */ Typo fixed

2022-06-04T12:24:20Z

‎"Connecting" User Terminals: Typo fixed

Vaxorcist: fixed typo; '"Dir. I/O" clarified

2022-06-04T10:45:40Z

fixed typo; '"Dir. I/O" clarified

Vaxorcist: Fixed typos

2022-06-04T10:40:33Z

Fixed typos

Vaxorcist: Replaced ssh with Telnet

2022-05-26T06:14:06Z

Replaced ssh with Telnet

Jnc: /* "Connecting" User Terminals */ SSH client

2022-05-26T00:59:20Z

‎"Connecting" User Terminals: SSH client

Vaxorcist: Added access via PuTTY

2022-05-25T15:30:25Z

Added access via PuTTY

Vaxorcist: LA120 added

2022-05-25T10:56:42Z

LA120 added

Vaxorcist: Added "Recommended Reading"

2022-05-25T10:39:45Z

Added "Recommended Reading"

Vaxorcist: 1st finished version

2022-05-25T06:57:34Z

1st finished version

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 === VMS V1.0 ===
-Get a VMS V1.0 [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk image from [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pon-KHWM2oq0iZx2mtfeR2N1hi-KJsXu?usp=sharing here], unzip and put it in into the directory where the SIMH vax780 simulator resides.
+Get a VMS V1.0 [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk image from [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pon-KHWM2oq0iZx2mtfeR2N1hi-KJsXu?usp=sharing here] [https://archive.org/details/Vaxorcist_vax-vms-v-1.0 (backup)], unzip and put it in into the directory where the SIMH vax780 simulator resides.
 === vax780.ini for a typical small 16-user VAX-11/780 system ===

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 * Host Name: 127.0.0.1 (or your PCs IP address)
 * Connection type: Telnet
-* Port: 666
+* Port: 6666
 * Terminal/Keyboard/The Backspace key/: Control-?
 * Terminal/Keyboard/The function keys and keypad: VT100+

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 <pre>
-$ sh SYS
+$ SH SYS
      VAX/VMS  Processes on         21-MAY-1979 18:04:45.10
      Pid    Process Name     UIC  State Pri Dir. I/O    CPU     Page flts Ph.Mem
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 - '''Pri''' = Process priority
-- '''Dir.''' = yet unknown
+- '''Dir. I/O''' = Process direct I/O count
 - '''CPU''' = Process CPU time used

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 === A first look around ===
 Let's have a first look at our installed VMS V1.0!
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 Now that you have sucessfully installed VMS V1.0 you no longer need to boot into '''SYSBOOT>'''.
-Make a comment out of the command '''BOOT HK0/R5:1''' in the vax750.ini file by putting a semicolon in front of it.
+Make a comment out of the command '''BOOT HK0/R5:1''' in the vax780.ini file by putting a semicolon in front of it.
 Remove the semicolon from the ''';BOOT HK0''' line to make it a command.

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 == "Connecting" User Terminals ==
-I recommend using an [[SSH]] [[client]] such as [[PuTTY]] to connect to the 16 terminal lines.
+I recommend using a [[Telnet]] [[client]] such as [[PuTTY]] to connect to the 16 terminal lines.
 I use the following PuTTY settings:
 * Host Name: 127.0.0.1 (or your PCs IP address)
 * Port: 666
 * Terminal/Keyboard/The Backspace key/: Control-?

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 The use of '''SHOW''' commands cannot do any harm.
-==== For users who already know "newer" VMS versions (V4.x and later): ====
+==== For users who already know "newer" VMS versions (V4.x and later) ====
 You will probably miss some of the commands you know from "newer" VMS versions ...
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 Congratulations!
 == Recommended Reading ==

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 You set the maximum available memory in '''SYSBOOT>''' on the first boot.
-[[File:VAX-11-780 2RK07.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Small [[VAX-11/780]] system with two [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk drives]]
+[[File:VAX-11-780 2RK07.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Small [[VAX-11/780]] system with two [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk drives, and an [[LA120]] Console Printer Terminal]]
 A [[VAX-11/780]] system like this - but without the tape drive - (DEC order no. SV-AXHHB) cost 141,300 US$ back in 1980.

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 Congratulations!
 [[Category: SIMH Tutorials]]
 [[Category: VMS Practical Guides]]

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 The aim of this tutorial is to show how to install [[VMS]] V1.0 on the [[SIMH]] [[VAX-11/780]] [[simulator]].
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 === VMS V1.0 ===
-Get a VMS V1.0 [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk image from [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pon-KHWM2oq0iZx2mtfeR2N1hi-KJsXu?usp=sharing 'here'], unzip and put it in into the directory where the [[SIMH]] vax780 simulator resides.
+Get a VMS V1.0 [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk image from [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pon-KHWM2oq0iZx2mtfeR2N1hi-KJsXu?usp=sharing here], unzip and put it in into the directory where the SIMH vax780 simulator resides.
 === vax780.ini for a typical small 16-user VAX-11/780 system ===
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 Windows:
-<pre>xxx</pre>
+<pre>run vax780.exe</pre>
 Linux:
 <pre>./vax780</pre>
-simh tells you it will write a log:
+Be aware that Linux is case sensitive!
 <pre>
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+$
 </pre>
-- '''DMA0''' is the first [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk drive (the VMS system drive)
+- '''DMA0''' is the first RK07 disk drive (the VMS system drive)
-- '''DMA1''' is the second [[RK06/07 disk drive|RK07]] disk drive (the data drive, still empty)
+- '''DMA1''' is the second RK07 disk drive (the data drive, still empty)
 - '''OPA0''' is the operator terminal (from which you boot the system)
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 - '''TTA0''' - '''TTB7''' are the sixteen user terminals
-- '''MTA0''' is the magtape drive
+- '''MTA0''' is the TE16 magtape drive
 ----
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 - '''MONITOR''' is '''DISPLAY''' in VMS V1.0 (needs to be called '''MCR DISPLAY''')
-- '''SHOW MEMORY''' is not implemented in VMS V1.0
+- '''SHOW MEMORY''' is not yet implemented in VMS V1.0
 - ...