>On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Bill Pechter wrote:
>> Nice... wish I had a copy of Ultrix for the VAXstaton 3100 M38 here.
>> It's got 32mb of memory and a DEC DSP3105 (RZ27? 1.05gb) as the boot
>> disk and 100mb as a second disk. It's got dual SCSI busses and the
>> 8 plane color graphics option which I'm driving a DEC mono monitor.
>> (VR265?).
>
>Yes, I know the feeling. I've also got a a DECstation with, IIRC,
>32MB of RAM and SCSI, but the former owner decided to delete most of
>the Ultrix files, so the system is unuseable and in need of an Ultrix
>distribution for DECstations. Note that I've not used my VAXstation
>yet, to tell if the Ultrix on it survived shipping, as it doesn't
>appear to work with the DECstation monitor cable. :-( Hopefully this
>weekend I'll get a chance to attach a serial cable to it and attach it
>to a terminal.
Warning, the VS2000's, just like the MicroVAX II's require a special serial
cable. You'll need to look at the VMS FAQ to learn how to wire the cable.
http://eisner.decus.org/vms/faq.htm (note, this URL works, but who knows
for how long)
>If it's still bootable, how can I clone Ultrix for you? I have no
You'll need to check the version, and see if it supports a VS3100 M38.
However, what I'd recommed for both of you is NetBSD (well at least for the
DECstation, for a VAX I always recommend VMS first).
>> The hobbyist version has a ton of layered products and the security
>> on 7.2 seems pretty good compared with 5.5. It is a lot bigger and
>> slower than 11/780's running 3.6 -- I can tell you.
>
>> But I've got DECnet, TCP/IP and all the languages getting loaded right
>> now.
>
>Having all that installed, and better security, sounds useful.
I've found that as long as you don't load DECwindows on a MicroVAX II class
machine with 16MB, it isn't to bad. However, I only loaded DECnet on that
system, so I can't comment on how bad TCP/IP might make things. In fact
come to think of it the slowest machine I've loaded V7.2 and TCPIP is a
VS4000/VLC.
>> I've also got another VAXstation 3100 M38 with 16mb I'd be looking
>> to part with soon -- but the ethernet switch between thick and thin net
>> is cracked and half missing.
>>
>> If anyone's interested in it let me know...
>
>I'm interested!
This sounds like the perfect solution to your VAX 4000/200 problem!
Zane
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