New Buy & VMS help wanted

From: emanuel stiebler <emu_at_ecubics.com>
Date: Thu Jan 31 18:07:30 2002

Pat Finnegan wrote:
>
> I just got a VAXstation 3200 today for about $15... Amazingly enough, it
> boots up to VMS 5.3-1 (can't log in though.) Can anyone recommend a good
> guide for using VMS that's either avalible at a good book store or
> (preferred) availble online?

www.openvms.compaq.com
(look for "reference library", online documentation ...)

be prepared to spend a few hours online ;-)

> Specs: 8 line serial card (forgot to look at the model #), TK-50
> controller (didn't grab the drive, but might do that tomorrow..), 8-plane
> framebuffer, 2x8M QBus memory cards, 2x760M ST-506 interface hard drives,

760M ST-506 drives ? Are you sure ? My bet is ESDI ...

> DELQA ethernet, KA650-B cpu card, (and that's about all I think...)

nice machine !

cheers
Received on Thu Jan 31 2002 - 18:07:30 GMT