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Running Open VMS with "Personal Alpha" emulator on |
MarkRLV
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| Posted on March 12 2007 09:49 |
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Has anyone visited this web site:
http://www.emulatorsinternational.com/en/personalalpha.htm
The above is supposed to be an emulator that runs on your PC. It builds a couple of virtual Alpha disks on your hard drive (default size of 1GB each).
It would appear that if I had a VMS install disk and a VMS license, that I could then run Alpha VMS on my PC, through this emulator.
Also, how does one get COBOL and FMS? |
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imiller
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| Posted on March 13 2007 05:42 |
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COBOL and FMS - which versions? There have been links posted elsewhere in these forums to places where kits can be found. |
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MarkRLV
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| Posted on March 20 2007 03:52 |
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I would be interested in the latest version of COBOL and FMS. |
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imiller
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| Posted on March 21 2007 05:15 |
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COBOL and FMS kits for download
COBOL V2.8 appears to be the current one
http://vmsone.com/~ovmskits/axp_kits2003/disk2/cobol028/
FMS V2.4 for download (latest is V2.5)
http://vmsone.com/~ovmskits/axp_kits2003/disk1/decfms024/ |
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MarkRLV
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| Posted on March 26 2007 14:33 |
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Thanks for the pointers.
When downloading from www.vmsone.com, can it be done downloading using Internet Explorer, then putting the downloaded files on CD-ROM for running on the Alpha? Or, is it better to just buy the CD's from www.vmsone.com?
I seem to be having file format problems. I downloaded COBOL and put it on a CD, but PRODUCT doesn't see it as a valid file. I even copied the files from CD to hard drive and renamed them .pcsi.
Is there another way to burn a CD so it is more VMS friendly? |
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imiller
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| Posted on March 27 2007 02:46 |
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you need to persuade the web browser you are using to download the files as binary.
There may be something that can be done with mime types to add
application/octet-stream pcsi |
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MarkRLV
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| Posted on March 27 2007 05:14 |
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Thanks, imiller.
Looking in Microsoft Internet Explorer, I'm not seeing that as an option. I wish there was a way to just directly copy the files from www.vmsone.com into a working directory right inside the Open VMS operating system running on my PC.
I thought there was a way to buy the CD from www.vmsone.com, but now I can not find that. |
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similar Problem installing OpenVms in Personal Alpha |
izguenni
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| Posted on March 28 2007 11:25 |
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A similar problem seems to be when I will install OpenVms in my personal Alpha environment. The original VMS 7.2-2 CD can't be read as a bootable CD. Are there special drivers needed for reading a VMS CD on my PC?
Here is what scsicheck says about the CD drives:
Service Controller Bus Id Name LUN (device number) Device path Description CHARON setting
cdrom 1 0 0 HL-DT-STDVDRRW GSA-4166B 0 \\.\CdRom0 SCSI cdrom drive Emulator device
cdrom 1 0 1 HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4480B 0 \\.\CdRom1 SCSI cdrom drive Emulator device |
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hobbylist media |
imiller
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| Posted on April 01 2007 02:22 |
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from
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/mount.html
dated (V7.3-1 alpha, V7.3 VAX) but would get you started for USD 30 |
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He's already got one.. |
HobbyistOne
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| Posted on April 01 2007 18:18 |
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If I recongnize the name, he's already got one. Appearently there is something with the configuration of the emulator where it's not accessing the raw device correctly. Thanks, though! |
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Re: similar Problem installing OpenVms in Personal Alpha |
jseaton
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| Posted on April 19 2007 07:50 |
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[quote:6825483ce7="izguenni"]A similar problem seems to be when I will install OpenVms in my personal Alpha environment. The original VMS 7.2-2 CD can't be read as a bootable CD. Are there special drivers needed for reading a VMS CD on my PC?
Here is what scsicheck says about the CD drives:
Service Controller Bus Id Name LUN (device number) Device path Description CHARON setting
cdrom 1 0 0 HL-DT-STDVDRRW GSA-4166B 0 \\.\CdRom0 SCSI cdrom drive Emulator device
cdrom 1 0 1 HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4480B 0 \\.\CdRom1 SCSI cdrom drive Emulator device[/quote:6825483ce7]
Try to set your CDROM device as \\.\D: (or whatever the drive letter is.), I have an OpenVMS 7.1 original DIGITAL CD that boots fine with that configuration. |
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