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- Short: vmsalert - part of an VMS emulator for Amiga computers
- Author: is@beverly.rhein.de (Ignatios Souvatzis)
- Type: misc/emu
-
- NAME
-
- vmsalert - VMS emulator vor Amiga computers
- testalert - test program for vmsalert
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- (from a shell:)
-
- run vmsalert
- testalert 0x80000004
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- This program emulates the most important part of an VMS system on
- your Amiga.
-
- You can stop it by sending it a CTRL_C signal.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- To install, unpack the archive, and
-
- run vmsalert
-
- You can test proper operation with the testalert program. It takes
- a single parameter, an unsigned long number in hex or decimal
- notation (anything a standard strtoul can digest).
-
- Intuition.library V33 is required.
-
- KNOWN BUGS
-
- As of version 1.8, you get 8 Enforcer hits with deadend alerts. As
- you should reboot in this case, this is harmless. Ok, ok, it is
- even harmless if you decide NOT to reboot... they are longword
- reads of memory. This will be fixed in the next version.
-
- The stack and register dump format is not perfect yet.
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- Copyright (C) 1995 Ignatios Souvatzis. All rights reserved.
-
- This software may freely be distributed, as long as this copyright
- notice, the disclaimer below and this manpage stay bundled with it.
-
- This software may NOT be used for armed forces, medical applications and
- any application where human life would depend on it.
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Usage of this software is at your own risk. The author may not be
- held liable for direct or indirect damages, loss of profit, or
- whatever, even when advised of the possibility of it.
-
- AUTHOR
-
- Ignatios Souvatzis <is@beverly.rhein.de>
-
- HISTORY
-
- 1.4.95 - version 1.8: first public release.
-
-