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

From: ndiablo_at_diablonet.net <(ndiablo_at_diablonet.net)>
Date: Thu Dec 2 23:23:34 1999

Really, in my opinion; its not _extremely_ bad just for some basic poking
around in VMS (which is all I can really do with such a minimal install
anyways :) I once had a 386SX-16 running like Slackware Linux 3.5 as a
NAT gateway on my LAN with 4 megs of RAM... after that, pretty much
anything else seems fast (considering it pretty much ran from swap :)

I'd like to get some more RAM for it.. originally, it had a 6 meg
expansion board, but it turned out to be bad so I removed it.. I'd
like to get the system expanded to something a bit more usable, but
i've not had much luck tracking down memory (and I gather the stuff
that is out there usually is a bit expensive). On the other hand, I'm
looking into getting a VAXstation 4000/VLC with 24 meg, which should
be a little bit more useful for general VMS exploration.. then I
could set aside the 3100 more for preservation and "waiting for parts".

-Sean Caron (root_at_diablonet.net)
Received on Thu Dec 02 1999 - 23:23:34 GMT