>> You've got me interested now, since I have a VMS CD but no way to hook a
>> CDROM to my MicroVax-II...how would one go about doing this?
>One of several ways:
>
> Find an RRD40 and qbus cotroller for it.
> Find an RRD50 and qbus controller for it
> Find a SCSI Qbus adaptor and a CDrom that works (different
> block size for PC)
>
>Other routes would be to get a working TK50 or TK70 with controller and
>have someone cut tapes for you (this is allowed).
Yet another route is to get a desktop VMS machine (say, a 3100-xx, or
an Alphastation) with a CD-ROM. Install VMS on the desktop machine, then
boot the Microvax-II into the cluster and MSCP-serve all the disks
(including the CD-ROM) between all cluster members. The hobbyist
license kit includes the clustering licenses as well.
Clustering is not only a powerful user tool, but a power system
management tool as well. Resources on clustered VMS nodes are - for
all important purposes - local after a machine boots into the cluster.
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Received on Fri Sep 17 1999 - 15:56:39 BST