Firmware doesn't load

Sorry for the newbie question, but I would appreciate your help with the following problem.

I installed FreeAXP (on Vista). According to the documentation, the emulator should load the Alpha firmware when I run it. However, on the console I only get the Copyright message but nothing about ROM or firmware. The PuTTY window opens for a split second and then closes.

I noticed that I can download Alpha firmware from HP, but I don't know where to put it so FreeAXP sees it.

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Might I add that the Vista I'm running is 32 bit, and the FreeAXP is build 283. The copyright message comes up on the VLC. The console opens and then closes immediately (it just flashes).

I tried PersonalAlpha; it works just fine.

<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM

Did you check the emulator .LOG file for error messages ?

Volker.

x86 version 1.0 patch 8 build 283 (May 27 2010 12:20:50)

%XNV-w-NOREST: NVRAM could not be restored from C:&#92;Users&#92;Public&#92;Documents&#92;Alpha.nvr


<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM

Apparently that message (which appears only in the log file, not in the VLC) is to be expected when first starting up.

Another weird thing is that the configurator refuses to create a disk image.

I am running it as administrator.

I suppose I could try running it in XP.

<hr>GEIN::SMITHFARM

When I run it from the command line with the /VERBOSE option, it displays the nvram error in the VLC.

I tried changing the port number from 9000 to 32999, but that didn't have any effect.

Here is my configuration file:

/* -- FreeAXP Config --
-1000
32999
4106
C:&#92;Users&#92;User&#92;Documents&#92;livingston&#92;resources&#92;openvms&#92;freeaxp&#92;Alpha02_dka0.img
1

1

1

1

1

1

-- */

cp = control
{
cp_log = logfile
{
filename = "C:&#92;Users&#92;User&#92;Documents&#92;livingston&#92;resources&#92;openvms&#92;freeaxp&#92;Alpha02.log&quot
}

alpha = alpha
{
memory=128M;
image = "C:&#92;Users&#92;User&#92;Documents&#92;livingston&#92;resources&#92;openvms&#92;freeaxp&#92;Alpha02.nvr&quot
pcibus = dc21071da
{
data = "C:&#92;Users&#92;User&#92;Documents&#92;livingston&#92;resources&#92;openvms&#92;freeaxp&#92;Alpha02.toy&quot
serial0 = i16550
{
s0_tn = telnet
{
port = 32999;
wait = true;
action = """C:&#92;Program Files&#92;FreeAXP&#92;putty.exe"" telnet://localhost:32999&quot
}
}

pci7 = i82378
{
}

pci6 = symbios
{

disk0.0 = file
{
image = "C:&#92;Users&#92;User&#92;Documents&#92;livingston&#92;resources&#92;openvms&#92;freeaxp&#92;Alpha02_dka0.img&quot
autocreate_size = 4G;
}
}

}
}
}

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