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| + | === A first look around === | ||
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| + | Let's have a first look at our installed VMS V1.0! | ||
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| + | ==== To those completely new to VMS: ==== | ||
| + | Try the following commands. | ||
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| + | You can abreviate all commands to the extend that they do not get ambiguous, e.g. '''SH''' instead of '''SHOW''' | ||
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| + | - '''SHOW SYS''' | ||
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| + | - '''SHOW DEV''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | - '''HELP''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | Be careful not to destroy the newly installed system; you are logged in as '''SYSTEM''' who can e.g. easily delete crucial system files. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The use of '''SHOW''' commands cannot do any harm. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== To those who know "newer" VMS versions (V4.x and later): ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | You will probably miss some of the commands you know from "newer" VMS versions ... | ||
| + | |||
| + | Some utilities have different names, others are not yet existing. | ||
| + | |||
| + | - '''BACKUP''' is '''DSC''' in VMS V1.0 | ||
| + | |||
| + | - '''MONITOR''' is '''DISPLAY''' in VMS V1.0 (needs to be called '''MCR DISPLAY''') | ||
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| + | - '''SHOW MEMORY''' is not implemented in VMS V1.0 | ||
| + | |||
| + | - ... | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Orderly shutdown === | ||
=== Subsequent boots === | === Subsequent boots === | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 21 May 2022
UNDER CONSTRUCTION - NOT YET FINISHED!
The aim of this tutorial is to show how to install VMS V1.0 on SIMH VAX-11/780 simulator.
Contents
Preparations
simh vax780 simulator
You have to use the simh vax780 simulator because the VAX-11/780 was the only VAX existing when VMS was introduced.
All other VAX computers need later versions of VMS to run.
VMS V1.0
Get a VMS V1.0 RK07 disk image from ...
vax780.ini for a typical small 8-user VAX-11/780 system
Use the following vax780.ini file for a typical small 8-user VAX-11/780 system:
; ================================================ ; vax780.ini ; ================================================ ; ; Small Size 8 User System ; 256K bytes of memory (set with SYSBOOT> SET PHYSICALPAGES 512 & WRITE CURRENT) ; 8 DZ11 lines ; 2 RK07 disk drives ; line printer ; TE16 magnetic tape unit SET QUIET SET CPU 1M SET THROTTLE 1M ;SET CPU IDLE=VMS SET CONSOLE LOG=VMS010-01.LOG ATT CS CONSOLE.RX1 ; DXA1: SET DZ LINES=8 ATT DZ 6666 SET LPT ENA ATT LPT printer.txt SET RP DIS SET RL DIS SET HK0 RK07 ; DMA0: ATT HK0 AY-H020A-BE-VAX-VMS_V1.0.RK7 SET HK1 RK07 ; DMA1: ATT HK1 DATA.RK7 SET HK2 DIS SET HK3 DIS SET HK4 DIS SET HK5 DIS SET HK6 DIS SET HK7 DIS SET RQ DIS SET RY DIS SET TU ENA SET TU0 TE16 ; MTA0: SET TU1 DIS SET TU2 DIS SET TU3 DIS SET TU4 DIS SET TU5 DIS SET TU6 DIS SET TU7 DIS BOOT HK0/R5:1 ;BOOT HK0
You cannot set a memory size smaller than 1MB in the simh vax780 simulator directly, but there is a workaround in VMS: You set the maximum available memory in SYSBOOT> on the first boot.
Installation
First boot
Start the simh vax780 simulator:
Windows:
xxx
Linux:
./vax780
simh tells you it will write a log:
Logging to file "VMS010-01.LOG"
VMS boots to the SYSBOOT> prompt. Enter the following three commands and confirm each with <Enter>:
SYSBOOT> USE 8USER.PAR SYSBOOT> SET PHYSICALPAGES 512 SYSBOOT> CONTINUE
This way you do:
- Choose the parameter file for a small 8-user system
- Reduce available memory to 512 pages = 256K
- Continue booting
VMS continues booting and asks you for the current date and time:
VAX/VMS Version 1.00 21-AUG-1978 15:54 PLEASE ENTER DATE AND TIME (DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM) 21-MAY-1989 8:51
Enter date and time as shown above and confirm with <Enter>.
The boot process continues up to the boot statistics screen now:
OPCOM, 21-MAY-1989 08:51:11.84, LOGFILE INITIALIZED, OPERATOR=_OPA0: $ ! $ ! VAX/VMS system startup - Release 1 $ ! $ SHOW TIME 21-MAY-1989 08:51:12 $ SET NOVERIFY %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, CONSOLE mounted on _DXA1: Login quotas - Interactive limit=64, Current interactive value=0 SYSTEM job terminated at 21-MAY-1989 08:51:15.16 Accounting information: Buffered I/O count: 142 Peak working set size: 100 Direct I/O count: 37 Peak virtual size: 111 Page faults: 271 Mounted volumes: 1 Elapsed CPU time: 0 00:00:01.90 Elapsed time: 0 00:00:04.31
Press <Enter> to get to the login prompt.
Log in with username SYSTEM and password MANAGER.
The password is NOT echoed.
Username: SYSTEM
Password:
Welcome to VAX/VMS Version 1.00
$
You're in!
Try DIR as a first VMS command to show the files in your login directory:
$ DIR DIRECTORY DM0:[SYSMGR] 21-MAY-89 08:51 ACCOUNTNG.DAT;1 1. 21-MAY-89 08:51 FORMSTYPE.DAT;1 2. 21-AUG-78 15:54 OPERATOR.LOG;1 1. 21-MAY-89 08:51 SYSHUTDWN.COM;1 0. 21-AUG-78 15:54 SYSTARTUP.COM;1 0. 21-AUG-78 15:54 TOTAL OF 4./112. BLOCKS IN 5. FILES $
A first look around
Let's have a first look at our installed VMS V1.0!
To those completely new to VMS:
Try the following commands.
You can abreviate all commands to the extend that they do not get ambiguous, e.g. SH instead of SHOW
- SHOW SYS
- SHOW DEV
- HELP
Be careful not to destroy the newly installed system; you are logged in as SYSTEM who can e.g. easily delete crucial system files.
The use of SHOW commands cannot do any harm.
To those who know "newer" VMS versions (V4.x and later):
You will probably miss some of the commands you know from "newer" VMS versions ...
Some utilities have different names, others are not yet existing.
- BACKUP is DSC in VMS V1.0
- MONITOR is DISPLAY in VMS V1.0 (needs to be called MCR DISPLAY)
- SHOW MEMORY is not implemented in VMS V1.0
- ...
