Ultrix 2.2 was: (Re: Ya know, I really dislike TK50 drives...)

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sat Apr 14 22:27:40 2001

>Well the good news is that using the 'screwdriver in the drill to the hole
>in the bottom' I recovered the tape and attempted to boot it on a 4000/200
>with a TK70. It started but the kernel failed to load. I'm guessing Ultrix
>2.2 is too early for the KA660 :-)
>
>I'm going to try it with a KA640 (closer to the KA630 in lineage) and see
>if it recognizes that. I've yet to find the SPD for Ultrix 2.2 to tell me
>what it did support.

I don't think you're going to get anything other than the KA630 to work,
and the list of supported hardware is pretty slim. Unfortuanatly I can't
get to the manuals, but it isn't intended to run on anything newer than the
MicroVAX II I believe.

                        Zane
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