The new VAX is alive!

From: R. D. Davis <rdd_at_smart.net>
Date: Fri Jul 27 16:24:08 2001

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Yes, it's possible to do that, unfortunatly it sounds like you're in a bit
> of a pickle as to how to get stuff onto the machine at the moment. Do you
> have anything else running OpenVMS? I'm guessing you don't, something like
> a VAXstation 3100 would be really nice at this point. I always recommend a
> SCSI based VAX as a first VAX because of this.

I've got a VAXstation 2000 with SCSI; I think it's running ULTRIX.
Perhaps I should order the hobbyist VMS distribution, put a different
hard drive in the system, attach a CD-ROM to it (will any SCSI CD-ROM
drive work?), and install VMS. Could I then do a backup to SCSI tape
over DECnet? Is there much of an advantage to upgrading to OpenVMS
from VAX/VMS 5.5?

> Argh! I'm so used to my 90L+ that I forgot about that, yes, the DECserver
> 200 needs to boot off of the VAX, and who knows if you've got the software
> needed to do that on the VAX.

Not sure. I do know that DECnet software is installed. Perhaps I should
write down some of the message that I get while booting and jot down some
things found while poking around the system.

> >This is a VAX-4000/200 with two DSSI disks; alas, no SCSI.
>
> Nice system, if you've got a Q-Bus SCSI controller that works with CD-ROMS,
> or a Q-Bus CD-ROM controller (and the right cable and CD-ROM) you could put
> that in there.

Ok, I guess that SCSI is the best choice, but, those Q-bus SCSI boards
are still way too expensive. It looks like using a smaller VAX with
SCSI (hopefully it's not also DSSI), connected to the VAX 4000-200, is
the way to go.

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