I just got mail from a friend in Virginia who is saving a MicroVAX 3100-90
for me that they are pitching out where he works (and he'll *deliver*, too!)
Where can I go to learn more about specific models of 3100s? He mentions
that it has either 64 or 128Mb of RAM, a 500Mb and 1Gb scsi disk, DAT and
an external tape that, from his descriptions, I'm assuming is a TLZ30 or
similar. One minor catch - they filled the disk and it won't boot. I take
it I can conversational-boot it and use the console as the startup file to
wrest control from the system in the earliest stages, then, at least, purge
the SYS$MANAGER area of old log files to leave enough room to perform a full
boot (and clear the SYSTEM password while I'm at it ;-)
Did I miss anything? Is there a publish procedure for recovering from totally
full disks, or will I have to go back to the manuals and remember how to do
it from scratch? I've been away from VMS for the past couple of years. All
I've really done recently is log on and run some ancient DCL scripts. Now
back in the old days, I used to assemble 11/730's from piles of parts,
reconstruct console tapes, write system programs and devices drivers, etc., but
never with anything newer than an 8530. Our "main" machines were an 11/750
w/12Mb RAM, SI9900, Fuji Eagle, RA81, etc., etc. and an 8300 w/16Mb RAM, KDB50,
RA81, etc. No Ethernet; all 56Kb sync serial DECnet. :-P
Cheers,
-ethan
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Received on Wed Dec 01 1999 - 00:36:51 GMT