Vaxstation 4000/60 help please

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed Oct 18 20:24:45 2000

From: THETechnoid_at_home.com <THETechnoid_at_home.com>


>I don't know anything about VMS.
>
>VMS boots and all, but it does not recognize my framebuffer and so won't
>run DecWindows yet. How do I fix that?


Read "HELP DECWINDOWS"

The boot process does not have to recognize the framebuffer, you run
DECWINDOWS as a process. FYI it's possible it's not installed.

>Of all the drives I've tried, the only one that worked was an old
Quantum
>210mb. I'd like more flexibility. Any hints on what I need to do to a
>drive to make it run on this machine? They generally are 'seen', but
VMS
>bombs when I try to install.


Gotta INIT them first.

>Even though I've got cdrom drives that are jumperable for 512byte
blocks,
>none worked properly but the original RRD40 which is slower than molasis


I have two toshibas 2x scsi that work killer so maybe the CDrom is ????!

>in February, the only RRD40 we have got, and it requires some wierd cart
I
>don't have. The only way I can change cd's is to disassemble the drive,
>draw the disk out with hemostats, and slip the replacement in.


You need a tray, they can be found. it's not that unique.

>Basicly, I need a primer on VMS, and someone to corrospond with who
knows
>his/her stuff.


Try the HELP utility, if that cant answer you question then try here.
Really,
it's kinda cryptic just like manpages but once you get into them you find
a lot of info.

That and a grey wall is handy too (VMS DOC set for V5 is grey binders
about 10 linear feet of them some 17 volumes.)

Allison
Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 20:24:45 BST