DEC 3000-600

From: pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com <(pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com)>
Date: Wed Mar 27 23:33:15 2002

Well, it has Digital Unix 3.2 on it, so I'm considering installing VMS
onto it. This thing runs pretty nice, I'm not sure if I rather have VMS
on *nix on it... If I do get VMS running on it, I might be wanting to get
rid of my VAXstation 3200 though. Hmm.

-- Pat


On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, David Barnes wrote:

> this is a nice machine... I have a MINT 3000 model 900 myself in my
> collection, which is a 275mhz alpha processor. The 600 is a 175mhz processor.
> Still a nice machine. You can run it headless with a serial console, just do
> not plug a kb in, and plug the terminal into the serial port on the back. This
> machine can run OpenVMS , Tru64 or OSF/1 unix, Linux (although with some work)
> and Netbsd. This is one of the alpha processors which CANNOT run NT... no
> loss there though...
>
>
>
>
> pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com wrote:
>
> > Just got one of these bad boys from Pudue for $20 with a RZ26L,
> > framebuffer card with a 3W3 on it, CDROM, 128M of RAM, KN17 CPU. Is the
> > RZ26 a 1G drive? And how clock speed is the proc?
> >
> > I know I made out with a steal - he had no idea what it was :)
> >
> > What kind of OS's are available besides NetBSD or Linux... Is there a
> > version of VMS or Ultrix that'll work? Also, I didn't get a keyboard with
> > it and didn't see one there. What kind of keyboard does it use, and can I
> > use a serial terminal instead?
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > -- Pat
>
> --
> David Barnes
> davebarnes_at_adelphia.net
>
> OpenVMS , Tru64, Netbsd, Linux guru
> and collector of DEC equipment
>
>
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