> healyzh skrev:
>
> >> The Alpha really made my day. I'd love to start playing with VMS but don't
> >> have the software for the wiped machine and have watched the fustration
> >> that DECUS has spead here lately... Someone please copy me an OS and I'm
> >> sure we can work a out a trade. Email me, let's talk. ;)
>
> >You'll really need more RAM though, unless you find a version of OpenVMS
> >older than V7.2. I've found that 112MB is the minimum for acceptable
> >performance when running DECwindows, or 96MB without DECwindows installed.
>
> Aaargh! Is that really true? Then there is no chance of fitting it onto a
> MicroVAX II!?
Nah, it's just that RISC boxes usually need more memory than CISC boxes.
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Received on Thu Apr 05 2001 - 21:16:01 BST