VMS 4.7 was VAXstation 3100 history (Was ... different)

From: Enrico Badella <enrico.badella_at_softstar.it>
Date: Thu Dec 2 04:02:22 1999

"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
>
> >Does anybody know where I could find a VMS 4.7 distribution tape? I have
>
> I *WISH* I got a system a few months back with V4.x on it, and wouldn't you
> know, before I could get a backup of the (*#__at_ @*&# RD53 it died. I HATE
> RD53's! One problem I see in less than a month, is that you need to be

I can really understand you. In less than 5 months I've had 1 RD54 and
2 RD53 die leaving me with 2 11/73s with no OS because I never got the
tapes with the machines. Must really find the time to look at the Unibus
Qbus ATA controller by Dmitry Pryanishnikov

Some days ago I posted a request about the status of IAS, but never
saw it, probably went into some SMTP blackhole. If IAS is still owned
by Compaq it would be nice to get a hobbyist license since Mentec is
lightyears from providing is for obsolete OSes.

> running V5.5-2 or newer to be Y2k. The first Hobbyist CD shipped with
> V5.5-2 and V6.1, IIRC. Note, in order to be Y2k on V5.5-2 and maybe V6.x
> or V7.x you need to take a look at what patches need to be applied.

Does a hobbyist have to worry about Y2K 8-) I have enough of everyday's
work of handling Y2K crap.
 
> >a uVax II with a badly tailored 4.7. Would it be ok to create an image
> >of the boot TK50, zip it and ftp it over internet?
>
> Possible? Yes. Difficult, probably.

Why difficult? Just copy the SAB
 
> OK, to do it? I doubt it.

Doesn't the hobbyist license cover all versions and not just 7.2. I found
an original DEC TK50 with VMS 3.3
 
> The thing to do is take a serious look at the memory footprint of what you
> want to run. On systems with only 12-16MB of RAM I'm running V5.5-2. I
> think UCX/TCPIP by itself requires 16MB of RAM on VAX Hardware (kinda hard
> to get on something like a MV2.

My uVax II has 9 MB, while the 3100 has 12MB; it runs UCX and DECNET and
has better response time than the NT with 256MB I'm using to write this message.

e.
 
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