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PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On 04/02/2019 20:17, Paul Hardy wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> Wonderful! best use for a Pi yet! Does it run actual VMS?
>
> Yes, I run VMS 7.3 which is still available under a hobbyist licence from
> HPE, along with downloads of install media, and docs. The emulation of SimH
> is bit perfect - I took a bit by bit copy of a complete 25 year old VAX
> disk into a single file on the Pi, point SIMH at it and say Boot, and I
> have a running VMS system. Or you can build your own VAX from scratch using
> the install media.
>
> What’s more, I can run this as boot node of a VMScluster, and boot other
> Pis as diskless satellites across a modern Ethernet network, sharing a
> common filesystem with cluster-wide file locking etc. SIMH will even
> emulate the graphics of a VAXstation, running X and Motif window system.
>
> An amazing piece of software created by Bob Supnik and enhanced by others
> as open source.
>
>
That is very pleasing somehow.

Somewhere there is or was  a nuclear power station that relies on IIRC a
PDP/11


Pi should be able to emulate that falling off a log.

Bet it could run DOS faster than an AT too. With intel 8088 emulation.



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