On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 12:33:51PM -0600, John Willis wrote:
> I'm looking for an actual 11/750 system. but this message has
> piqued my curiosity. Do 11/750s not run the VMS hobbyist
> kit from montagar?
* The minimum memory requirement for OpenVMS Vax Version 7.2 is 4
megabytes. Additional components, such as DECnet for OpenVMS VAX,
DIGITAL TCP/IP Services, or VAXcluster, require more memory to ensure
satisfactory performance.
* The MA780 shared memory is not supported.
* You cannot install or upgrade to the OpenVMS VAX Version 7.2 operating
system on the following VAX computers and system disks:
Computers: MicroVAX I, VAXstation I, VAXstation 8000, VAX--11/725,
and VAX--11/782
System disks: RK07, RL02, RC25, RD32, RD51, RD52, RD53, RZ22, RZ25,
and RZ23L
so the answer is, with enough memory, and the right disks, yes you can.
however, the reasons for running pre-7.2 are usually nostalgic. i run 7.2 on
all my machines, but only because i'm new to VMS and don't need the added
confusion of multiple versions. plus there is the fact that i have all my
VAXen clustered, so they all need to be about the same version.
for nostalgia, i have an 11/750 that has 4.3 BSD on it since that was where i
had my first unix account in college.
-brian
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Received on Sat Sep 14 2002 - 14:32:00 BST