VAXstation 3100 history (Was ... different)

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Dec 1 23:04:11 1999

--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> >I believe someone gave an earlier response that the MicroVAX I was too
> >small to run openVMS alone.
>
> Well, you're not as bad off as I was thinking, must have been mixing you up
> with a VAX-11/725.

Hey! What's wrong with the 11/725? I used to have one until the company
that was borrowing it folded. I didn't find out until my VAX was gone. :-(

Essentially, it was an 11/730 w/RC25 as the primary disk device, but you
*could* stick other stuff in there. I even knew a company that ran a BA-11
box off of theirs, but DEC *did not* support that configuration.

It was a packaging issue. There should be no way to tell an 11/725 from
an 11/730 in software.

-ethan


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