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Title : AXPbox version 1.0.0 released! (Open source Alpha emulator)
Author : Remy van Elst
Date : 23-01-2021
URL : https://raymii.org/s/blog/AXPBox-version-1.0.0-released.html
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![openvms login][1]
> OpenVMS in AXPbox with an X session, (run sys$system:decw$startlogin.exe)
Last year November, I [posted][6] on a new OpenVMS related project, [AXPbox, the open source
Alpha emulator][0], a fork of es40 by Tomáš Glozar.
I got involved a bit in the project, submitting a few patches here and there, editing
the Wiki and thus now have contributer rights on the github repository. After discussing
a bit back and forth with Tomáš, I put together the first official release
of AXPbox, very exciting news.
The release [can be found here][8] on github. This article has the release notes
and a bunch of screenshots of OpenVMS inside AXPbox running GUI applications
over the network.
You can find my [installation guide for OpenVMS with networking here][7].
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### Release notes v1.0.0
The release notes are copied here below.
The first official release of AXPbox, the open source Alpha emulator forked
from es40, automatically compiled via Github Actions for a variety of
different platforms and incorporating a few fixes and improvements. Most fixes
are related to the build system, there are a few stability improvements and
some code is modernized.
This release runs HP OpenVMS 8.3, VSI OpenVMS 8.4 and VSI OpenVMS 8.42L1,
NetBSD 8.2 and NetBSD 6.1.2 without major issues. See
[here](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/wiki/Guest-support) for more
information and other operating systems.
Installation instructions and more guides can be found on [the wiki](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/wiki)
#### Contributers
Contributers include, in random order:
* [@lenticularis39](https://github.com/lenticularis39) - Tomas Glozar
* [@stottsc](https://github.com/stottsc)
* [@veprbl](https://github.com/veprbl) - Dmitry Kalinkin
* [@dmzettl](https://github.com/dmzettl) - Dietmar M. Zettl
* [@mvorl](https://github.com/mvorl) - Martin Vorlander
* [@promovicz](https://github.com/promovicz)
* [@fsword7](https://github.com/fsword7) - Timothy Stark
* [@RaymiiOrg](https://github.com/RaymiiOrg) - Remy van Elst
(Names taken from github profiles)
Binaries are provided for:
* OS X (x86) 10.15
* Windows
* Linux on ARM (armv7)
* Linux on x86
#### Changelog
Changelog as to the latest `es40` release from which AXPbox forked:
* Automated builds via Github Actions for all above platforms including cross-compiling to linux-arm ([#59](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/59), [#51](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/51), [#26](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/26), [#15](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/15))
* MAC OS X M1 (ARM) build fixes for Catalina & Big Sur ([#58](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/58))
* Improved network stability, DEC21143 partial frame fix ([#60](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/60)), DEC21143: set pcap to non-blocking mode ([3029ce4](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/3029ce4fefdddb35f2cb8f5f8ae01d5760e29b7f))
* Various formatting and sign-ness patches from Promovicz's fork ([#56](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/56))
* Smart pointers and C++ threads instead of POCO threads (C++ 11 `make_unique` as well) ([4540e18](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/4540e1843dcd8fa1a5ee9c3dadacbde571993b42), [a2c4890](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/a2c4890e77aad4d7ad74a79156d3d45e9bfb7fae), [#35](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/35)
* Check for writable disk files ([#30](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/30))
* Some compiler warnings ([#27](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/27))
* Version information in the command line output: [#20](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/20)
* Fix segfault on non-existing disk image: [#19](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/pull/19)
* OpenVMS Memory Test in SRM can be skipped: [0fca5b2](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/0fca5b26d5f0543ee600c492df2f85b8ef26840f), [837750f](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/837750f2cb43a9cd32365b428a3dc470c45d0e86)
* Improve TOY clock: [c1db0aa](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/c1db0aa4a5838042b9429dc06fcd8c19e3cb77aa)
* Fix for [#18](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/issues/18) Bringing up graphical window with SDL crashes when interactive debugger happens: [9ef3473](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/9ef3473f3a617c6c1736da6fcd96cf32394b1a0f)
* Patches from [@mvorl](https://github.com/mvorl) and [@veprbl](https://github.com/veprbl) es40 forks, e.g. for the MC146818, allows NetBSD to boot: [a13670d](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/a13670df20ebdb71f8df9a4ecc9ce8e351c8f9f5), [05e782e](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/05e782e993e21b48b5f9c855beb645114c92ac58)
* Workaround for [#5](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/issues/5), typing on serial is slow ([c215fcd](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/c215fcde2a7704e0f7f4e5dbe9b210dce24933ef))
* AliM1543C ide: Fix semaphore overload bug ([d8e35ee](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/d8e35eef8f274b123838f444b4e9705be069cb16))
* Fix double free of SCSI bus ([cb92951](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/commit/cb929514bcb19c019a56a349bc6c31b500eb82a3))
#### What doesn't work (also see issues)
- Some guest operating systems (see Guest support)
- ARC
- VGA in OpenVMS
- SDL keyboard (partly works, but easily breaks)
- Multiple CPU system emulation
- Running on big endian platforms
- Some SCSI and IDE commands
- Networking for a longer time (breaks after a couple minutes)
- Copying large files between IDE CD-ROM to IDE hard drive (this usually doesn't affect OpenVMS installation)
The linux ARM build is compiled statically, without networking, graphics or
SDL support due to cross-compilation. It is recommended to compile it yourself
on your own ARM hardware.
[Downloads are on github](https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
### Screenshots
Here are some more screenshots of this release, mostly of my experiments with
a remote X session.
First start up a remote X server on your local workstation:
Xephyr -screen 1024x768 -ac -query 10.0.2.25 :1
Replace `10.0.2.25` by the IP of your OpenVMS server (AXPbox).
Start an X session inside OpenVMS:
set display/create/node=10.0.2.15/transport=tcpip/server=1
Replace `10.0.2.15` by the IP of your workstation where the remote X server
runs.
![eve][2]
> EVE editor (EDIT/TPU/DISPLAY=DECWINDOWS)
![session manager][3]
> Session manager and login screen (not sure how I got there)
![clock][4]
> Clock (RUN SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$CLOCK)
![terminal crash][5]
> DECTerm crashed my entire system, a reboot followed
![login screen][9]
> After logging in, this screen pops up
I wasn't able to get any further into a CDE session than this, but [here][10], Dieter
shows a screenshot of a full CDE session inside AXPbox:
![cde][11]
OpenVMS Commands to start:
$ show log cde$sessionmain
"CDE$SESSIONMAIN" = "mcr cde$system_defaults:[bin]dtsession" (LNM$SYSTEM_TABLE)
$ mcr cde$system_defaults:[bin]dtsession
[0]: https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox
[1]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X.png
[2]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-2.png
[3]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-3.png
[4]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-4.png
[5]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-5.png
[6]: /s/blog/Exciting_OpenVMS_Alpha_emulation_news_es40_has_been_forked_to_axpbox.html
[7]: /s/tutorials/Installing_OpenVMS_8.4_Alpha_in_AXPbox_with_networking.html
[8]: https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/releases/tag/v1.0.0
[9]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-6.png
[10]: https://github.com/lenticularis39/axpbox/issues/23
[11]: /s/inc/img/OpenVMS-X-7.png
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