>I'm looking around for a VMS setup at the moment, but space is tight(as
>always!). Can anyone offer suggestions for a smallish (desktop/under desk)
>machine that's suitable for running VMS on? My only experience with VMS is
>10+ years ago, version 4.something I think. It ran on an 11/780 cluster,
>kind of out of my league :-) Any suggestions, pointers to websites etc?
>
>TIA
>Al.
Well, as has been pointed out, if space is tight, the VAXstation 4000/VLC
is the smallest system you're going to find and easily be able to run VMS.
Basically you've got the following choices that meet your requirements:
VAXstation 3100 family
VAXstation 4000 family
DEC 3000 family (Alpha)
DEC AlphaStation family (Alpha)
The question is, which is more important, speed or money. The machine
families are listed in order of least expensive to most. Personally I
recommend a DEC AlphaStation 200 4/233 as a minimum if you're main interest
is in OpenVMS itself. My best system is a DEC PWS 433au, and OpenVMS is
*really* nice on it :^)
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/index.html Hobbyist site
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/ OpenVMS Doc site
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/ Main OpenVMS Web Site
http://www.islandco.com/ A reseller with good prices on some stuff
http://www.ebay.com Probably your best source of a system, unless you
get one from someone on this list or local to you.
Zane
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Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 11:40:52 BST