rick@NGP.UTEXAS.EDU (Rick Watson) (09/04/85)
We got an RSX version of TECO (not the RSX/VMS version) up under the RSX/compatibility mode emulator. It was unusably slow. Note that the compatability mode does not normally install by default on the Microvax. You have to coerce it. I'll try to dredge up more details if you're still interested. Rick Watson University of Texas Computation Center Austin Tx 78712 (512) 471-3241 rick@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU rick@ngp.ARPA
rick@NGP.UTEXAS.EDU (Rick Watson) (09/05/85)
Ok, in response to those who thought they could live with "unusably slow". (It takes about 2 minutes from "run tec.exe" to get the first prompt. It often takes a second or more to echo each character. This is on an unloaded system.) First, install VAX11-RSX on your microvax. You will have to convince it to install cem$emulator; this is not normally done on the Microvax-I. You can either fix the command file that VMSINSTALL runs, or just manually install that save set yourself. As I remember, all you really need to do is copy cem$emulator.exe to sys$share. Then sys$manager:vax11rsx.com will find it and install it along with the rest of RSX at system startup or whenever. VAX11-RSX is a licensed VMS product that you'll have to get from DEC if you don't already have it. Then, you need a copy of TEC.EXE from a real RSX system or a RSX decus tape. If you don't have access to one, I could probably make it available via FTP. I'll have to verify that it is public domain. TECO for VMS that starts up in native mode and then switches to compatibility mode does not work. Then just run TEC.EXE and wait. If your MicroVax has lots of memory, you may be in better shape than I am. One problem with the emulator is that it is very large. The EXE file is > 3000 blocks and you just page to death. This is why DEC does not support the emulator for the MicroVax-I. Their estimate for performance was about 3% of a 780. Rick Watson University of Texas Computation Center Austin, TX 78712 rick@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU rick@ngp.ARPA