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3. CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 configuration
At startup, CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 assembles a complete ‘virtual’
VAX/PDP11 system by loading the emulated CPU, memory, system bus and peripheral
components, based on the information coded in the licensing mechanism.
‘Assembling’ and starting the system is automatic, but information is required about the
location of the VAX/PDP11 disks, the Ethernet adapter and other configuration options.
This information is listed in the configuration file, a text file read by CHARON-VAX/XX /
CHARON-PDP11 at startup.
With this information, CHARON-VAX/XX or CHARON-PDP11 starts the execution of the
internal diagnostics and subsequently, if the diagnostics complete correctly, starts the boot
sequence from the indicated VAX/PDP11 boot disk.
Start CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 from the desktop or start menu shortcuts
created by the installation tool.
You may also run CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 from "Start->Programs>CHARON->CHARON-XX v 4.1.xxx->Utility->Launcher v1.xx" (see the chapter on the
Launcher in the Utilities section). It is also possible to run CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARONPDP11 from command line as follows:
><name of selected exe file> <configuration file>
Example:
>mv3k6.exe c:\my_cfg\my_configuration.cfg
Note that this way you can run multiple instances of CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11
if it is allowed by your license.
Use the CHARON-VAX/CHARON-PDP11 Launcher to diagnose and correct configuration
errors recorded in the configuration file.
Once your CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 configuration is defined, it may be
configured as a Windows system service. Once installed, the service may be started and
stopped manually or automatically using the CHARON-VAX/CHARON-PDP11 Service
Manager (its icon is located in the system tray). When installing a service, the
configuration parameters in the configuration file are stored in the system registry and the
service would read the registry, not the configuration file. Thus, once a service is installed,
any subsequent changes to the configuration file will not change the settings of the
installed service. To change the settings of an installed service, please remove the
service, test the changes to the configuration file and recreate the service.
It is possible to install several different CHARON-VAX/XX / CHARON-PDP11 services and
to run them one by one or in the same time - if the license allows it.
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