Reviving a MicroVAX II

From: allisonp <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Jul 2 06:57:10 2000

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>


>I'd recommend a nice ESDI controller (Dilog 696-20 or RQ11D/E
>(Webster/Sigma/etc) If you can find a RRD-40 interface (CD-ROM) that
would
>be good to since VMS from CD is easier to load than VMS from TK50
(having
>done both recently I really recommend CD). If you can find (good luck!)
a
>SCSI controller for it then your options are pretty much wide open. BTW
VMS
>lives very nicely on a 500 - 600MB disk with lots of layered products.



Chuck, a SCSI board with one good drive and a CDrom would be likely a
better
choice depeding on what can be found. I used this combo CMD200, RZ56
and toshiba Cdrom.

Allison
Received on Sun Jul 02 2000 - 06:57:10 BST