Short:        Vmsalert - part of an VMS emulator for Amiga computers
Author:       is@beverly.rhein.de (Ignatios Souvatzis)
Type:         misc/emu
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

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.