>
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Mike wrote:
> >Vaxen have not been my gig but today I found several books. VAX
> >Architecture Reference Manual,VAXclusters, Computer Programming and
> >Architecture: The VAX-11, A Gentle Introduction to the VAX System, The VAX
> >Book, VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures, and Introduction toVAX/VMS.
> >This can only mean one thing. ;)
> >
> >Actually, I've started reading VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures. Now I
> >know what a real operating system is. Alas.
>
> Sweet, eh? I like it too. Very nice.
>
> >So. What's the *smallest* vax-11 (or other machine) that'll run vms?
> >Wait...
>
> MicroVAX 2000. Slow by today's standards, but the size of a lunchbox and
> *very* cheap.
>
> -Dave McGuire
There are some substantial disadvantages to the 2000s. The biggest is they want
MFM disks, which are hard to find these days. 3100s are SCSI machines.
Er. Let me qualify that and say VaxStation 2000s want MFM drives. Don't know
about MicroVax 2000s.
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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