On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 03:43:05PM -0700, John Rollins wrote:
> >Of course I'm assuming you know what a VAX is in the more generic
> >sense...
> Not really... I don't know much about the VAX models(or much of
> anything from DEC for the matter, besides knowing I have a terminal
> and an 11/84 in the basement). I probably would have recognized a
> reference to a 750 or 780, but just plain VAX-11 threw me off. Well,
> now I'm hooked. Anyone know of a good web site with some basic info
> on the VAX computers?
Right on! Another convert...
I'm kind of a VAX addict myself, I've got several MicroVAXen and
VAXstations strewn about the house running NetBSD or VMS.
Goot links include:
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/
(OpenVMS Hobbyist License Info)
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/vax/
(NetBSD VAX port info and links)
http://world.std.com/~bdc/projects/vaxen/
(Brian Chase's "Planet VAX")
http://www.netbsd.org/Library/Hardware/Machines/DEC/vax/
(A VAX hardware reference)
http://www.montagar.com/~patj/freevms.htm
(Kind of a cool "everything in one place" page by a VAX hacker)
These are a good start. VAXen are cool. VAXen are neat.
Now, if only I could get to use some DEC 36-bit equipment...
-Seth
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