Question about VAXen?

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Tue Nov 17 00:16:26 1998

At 09:45 AM 16-11-98 -0600, Bill Vinson wrote:
>Thanks to everyone who replied...this list seems to be a great source of
>info...
>
>Okay, so if I get this machine...it looks like from some FAQs that I
>ought to be able to hook up generic SCSI drives to the machine...
>
>Maybe my Sanyo CD-ROM will work? Anyone know of a good place for info
>on using 3rd party SCSI CD-ROMS with a VAX or with where I could buy a
>cheap VAX CD-ROM?

Well my usual approach is to plug a SCSI device in and then see if it's
visable from the console (>>> prompt). In general, if you can see it from
the console VMS will make it work.

>Will I be able to network this thing in with my Linux, FreeBSD, and
>Windows box? Currently I am using thin coax and sticking it in there
>with a terminator on the end ought to do it? I guess VMS uses TCP/IP

TCP/IP is an add-on. There are nice (ie pay for) implementations from
Digital and other vendors - my personal favorite is Multinet. If you don't
want to spend money then the version written at CMU is more than adequate.



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