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kjaer
 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
Unread postPosted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:16 am 
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But OS/2 1.x could run on a machine without an ABIOS - at least the version distributed by Microsoft. I am not sure IBM intended AIX 1 to be used on non-PS/2 machines.


It can. 1.2.1 was the first to ship with a separate install kernel (and boot disk) for ISA bus PCs. In fact the install can be run and completed on VPC6 but I never managed to get a full multi-user boot out of it afterward.

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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FWIW Virtual PC 2007 (6.0.192.0) can run AIX 1.3 again!... however you'll be plagued by constant hdr0 interrupt issues....

I guess I should just 'push thru' the install glitches backing up the vhd as I go...

At any rate I've also managed to get some SLIP routing with NT 4.0 .... Yeah I know it's crazy sounding, but it's a cheap router for the virtual world!

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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neozeed wrote:
... however you'll be plagued by constant hdr0 interrupt issues


That's really good emulation, just like my real PS/2 76i.

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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I wonder if VirtualBox will do it - Vbox can run OS/2 which is an achievement, maybe it will also run AIX PS/2.

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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Confirming that AIX 1.3 can be installed on VPC 2007.
To avoid the hd interrupt problem I boot from floppy disks, however select to run os from hd and boot in multi user. Kernel loaded from floppy disks seems not to have this problem.

Now SLIP time.
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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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how are you install AIX on VPC ?
i have VPC version 6.0.192.0, but if i try to boot from the SCSI Bootfloppy i got a kernel panic and if i try ESDI it hangs at "init generic site - not checking root"
if i try the bootimages from http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/aixps2/PTF0013/ it hangs on "init generic site - not checking root" too

i got a IBM PS/2 55sx with a running AIX 1.3 on it, but i cant really make big things because the harddrive ist very small (40mb) :(
EDIT: it works after i set the date to 1.1.1990 :o
But now it hangs on making the minidisks/slices : bld_multi_disks failed in creating page, then i have again the installmenu :(
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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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you may want to go into the BIOS and disable the 32bit block updates for the IDE and anything else that makes it sound like a 'good idea' for performance.

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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Bit of a stroke of luck.
I have located IBM's QIC tape option for the PS/2. If I recall, 1.3 came in both floppy and tape form, right?
What are the chances I can rebuild a distro tape?

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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pentium wrote:
Bit of a stroke of luck.
I have located IBM's QIC tape option for the PS/2. If I recall, 1.3 came in both floppy and tape form, right?
What are the chances I can rebuild a distro tape?


That depends on what you expect "distro tape" means.

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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You guys know if this would run on a Thinkpad 720? It's MCA

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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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D-EJ915 wrote:
You guys know if this would run on a Thinkpad 720? It's MCA


Heck yes. http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/ohlandl/AIX ... Index.html
PTF0024 (if not PTF0013) includes:
IX44807 Support has been added for the ThinkPAD Model 720/720c.
IX44850 Kernel enhancements for ThinkPAD 700 support.
IX45731 Add support for ThinkPAD 750/750c
IX36900 Support has been added for Thinkpad models. AIX 130 now supports the following Micro Channel Bus Architecture notebooks: N51 SX/SLC, CL57 SX, 700, 700C
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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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Was IBM's 8-port MCA serial adapter compatible with 1.3? I have a Model 80 here that looks like a perfect rig to run on and hang loads of terminals off that.

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You may want to run this through the translation filters... but it can be installed onto Bochs now.....!

http://ludens.elte.hu/~gomba/

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Hi there, I'm trying to get AIX 1.3 to install using virtualization (32 Megs of ram, 512Meg HDD image, using the VMX extension for vbox) on my vaio laptop:

- Using virtualbox4, with the VM set up as an OS/2 machine and the HDD either as a SCSI or IDE drive, I can't get beyond the initial green AIX screen, after having inserted the 2 boot and 1 install floppy (PTF0024 or basic versions).

- Using bochs I can't even get the floppy images to be read! It'll read OpenBSD or FreeDOS ones though. It just calls the floppy a non-bootable device. I'm stumped and that Hungarian Bochs Install page doesn't offer any clues as it "just works" for that guy.

Has anyone got a suggestion on what I may need to change to be able to install this quite curious OS ?
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 Post subject: Re: AIX 1.3
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AIX probably expects a PS/2 Microchannel machine, which probably neither Bochs, vmware, nor virtualbox emulate since it's 20+ yr old HW.

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