>I was going thru some drives and tapes yesterday while trying to
>resurrect my MVII and came across a v4.7 distribution I din't know I
>had. This leads me to ask, one, if the person looking for same a few
>days back (Enrico?) found one. And a second, stupid question. Stupid
>because most of you probably know the answer. But as a PDP11 type
>relatively new to the VAXworld I'd like to know what is the
>difference/Is there a difference between VMS, MicroVMS? The tape I found
>is labeled MicroVMS v4.7 bin.
In the late V4 days, there were two kinds of VMS distribution kits:
"full VMS", as you would install on a 11/730, 11/750, or 11/780, or
8600, or..., and there was "MicroVMS", which is what you put on your
Microvax I or II.
"MicroVMS" distribution kits were on huge stacks of floppies (RX50 or RX33
depending on what flavor you needed) and TK50 carts.
MicroVMS is a "trimmed-down" VMS distribution, with the parts that
aren't necessary (like Big-VAX support) or aren't usable on a Microvax
(like the RSX-compatibility mode stuff) taken out.
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Received on Sun Dec 05 1999 - 11:40:56 GMT