VAXStation/MicroVAX 2000 stuff

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu May 20 15:31:34 1999

On Thu, 20 May 1999 allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:

> > Yes, sort of a 'rock and a hard spot' kind of thing. I have been reading
> > with interest of Wolfgang Moeller's patches to make the VS2000's SCSI more
>
> Yes but the only bootable media for SCSI is the TK50.

Understood.
 
> > conformant to standards. But even here is the problem - how to get it
> > there. I installed a 1.2mb floppy (RX33), but one needs to get data on
> > the floppy to be of value. Sigh!!!
>
> RX33 is a 1.2mb PC disk. See dbit and other site for PUTR and telebit.
> The disk interface for floppy likely also supports rx50 format (single
> sided rx33), so RX50 floppies with stand alone backup can be used.

I think it does, though T 70 will not format it.
 
> You can use backup to put stuff on RX33, there is a utility to create a

But only from the VS or uVAX. Not from a PC or other except perhaps
Linux.

> standalone backup kit on most any media, check HELP for the invocation.
> One way to get VMS from a working system is to do a standalone
> backup/image of the disk on the host and then write that backup set to the
> target system using standalone backup from floppies, TK50 or even a hard
> disk!

Right now I have two bootable RD54s - the one that came with the VS2000
and the one that I formatted and loaded and which is presently in the VS.
I think I'll install the original in the uVAX after I debug a cable for
it now that I know that the only lack is the graphics card.

                                                 - don
> Allison
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Received on Thu May 20 1999 - 15:31:34 BST