Subject:
Re: SIMH 2.10-1 VAX binaries for Win32
From:
baby_p_nut@yahoo.com (Baby Peanut)
Date:
18 Dec 2002 16:28:02 -0800
Newsgroups:
comp.os.vms

If you need documentation, get the SIMH source code from

http://simh.trailing-edge.com/

and look through it for readme's and *.txt.

To test if winpcap is running OK get WinDump from

http://windump.polito.it/

and run "WinDump -D".  It should print the name of any network cards
you have similar to this:

1.\Device\NPF_El90x1 (3Com 3C90x Ethernet Adapter)

If you don't see that you might need to replace the Packet.dll that is
in my ZIP file.  Look for replacements at the bottom of this page:

http://winpcap.polito.it/contact.htm

Once you have that working you should use name from "WinDump -D" in a
SIMH "attach" command to tell SIMH to map your network card to the
virtual DELQA.  Given the name from the previous example the attach
command would be:

ATTACH XQ \Device\NPF_El90x1

It is not well documented but the author of SIMH gave up trying to
shove a VT-100 emulator in the Windows binary and put a command to use
telnet to gain control of the console.  Use

set telnet <port>

After that command, telnet into the emulator console and then type
"boot cpu" from the non-telnet session and the system will boot with
console output going to the telnet one.

SIMH virtual supports both DEQNA and DELQA emulation.

The 0readme_ethernet.txt file says:

<< THE XQ/SIM_ETHER modules have been successfully tested on a Windows
2000 host, emulating an OpenVMS 7.2 VAX system with DECNET Phase IV,
MultiNet 4.4a, and LAT 5.3.

Regression test criteria:
 1. VAX shows device correctly                             (passed)
 2. VMS boots successfully with new device emulation       (passed)
 3. VMS initializes device correctly                       (passed)
 4. DECNET loads successfully                              (passed)
 5. DECNET line stays up                                   (passed)
 6. SET HOST x.y:: works from SIMH to real DECNET machine  (passed)
 7. SET HOST x.y:: works from real DECNET machine to SIMH  (passed)
 8. DECNET copy works from SIMH to real DECNET machine     (passed)
 9. DECNET copy works from real DECNET machine to SIMH     (passed)
10. MultiNet TCP/IP loads successfully                     (passed)
11. Multinet TCP/IP initializes device successfully        (passed)
12. SET HOST/TELNET x.y.z.w works from SIMH to real
    VAX IP machine  (passed)
13. SET HOST/TELNET x.y.z.w works from real VAX IP machine
    to SIMH  (passed)
14. FTP GET from a real VAX IP machine                     (passed)
15. LAT loads sucessfully                                  (passed)
16. SET HOST/LAT <nodename> works from SIMH to real VAX LAT machine
(passed)
17. SET HOST/LAT <nodename> works from real VAX LAT machine to SIMH
(passed)

I have tested the following, and they do NOT work correctly:
 1. VMS NI Clustering (LAVC)
 2. Remote VAX booting (>>>B XQA0) into a VMScluster;
    the remote boot works, but VMS BUGCHECKs when joining the cluster

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baby_p_nut@yahoo.com (Baby Peanut) wrote in message news:<c5cf6e8.0212171950.7e59f896@posting.google.com>...

>> http://filbert.tubas.net/~kstailey/simh/index.html
>> 
>> You will also need
>> 
>> http://winpcap.polito.it/install/bin/WinPcap_3_0_a4.exe
>> 
>> from 
>> 
>> http://winpcap.polito.it/install/default.htm
>> 
>> since the packet capture drives are not bundled.
>> 
>> If you try it let me know if this works for you or not.