> Nothing wrong with newer versions, personally I prefer running 7.2 on my
> VAXen, though I do keep one at 5.5 for compiles. Still for systems without
> a lot of RAM V5.5-2 choice.
I picked up a TZ867 yesterday and the cartridge library had what might
be a TK50 distribution of V5.5-2H4. I'm going to check this week and
if it is, I'm going to install it on a secondary drive. I seem to
recall -2H4 is the earliest release that runs on the 4000/300.
> > This far, I haven't noticed anything truly remarkable with regards to
> > software, although at first glance, it looks like nothing is missing.
> > Fortunately, someone installed kermit, so that will make things,
> > such as installing TCP/IP, easier. :-)
>
> You've a couple choices with VMS 5.5, the easiest is the freeware stack
> CMUIP, I used it before the V2 Hobbyist program. I'd recommend a TCPIP
> stack from Process software, one or both supports V5.5-2.
I prefer Multinet.
> > DECnet is installed and apparently configured, so I guess this means
> > that I can use my DEC terminal server with this machine... do I need
> > to do anything other than connect the terminal server to the VAX and
> > then use it? I know nothing about DECnet.
>
> Try saying 'connect {hostname}' on the terminal server, and see what
> happens. If that doesn't work, you might need to turn on the software that
> is needed for LAT.
The configuration needs to be checked before connecting to the network
if you've got any other systems running DECnet to make sure there are
no conflicts.
As for the termina server, are you wanting to connect a serial port
on the terminal server to the console port on the VAX or do you want
to connect the terminal to a serial port on the terminal server and
connect to the VAX over the network?
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Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Tue Jul 24 2001 - 22:19:40 BST