Don't bother trying to take the face off the machine. The case was
designed by someone with a real sense of humor.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:31 PM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: VAXstation 4000/60 /90 question
I've managed to find the pieces (or at least the most important, which
is
one of my two RD54's) to do some performance testing on Doc's recent
idea
of using a network disk instead of a local disk to get better
performance
than a RQDX3/RD54 combo offers.
As a result I'm trying to get either a VAXstation 4000/60 or /90 setup
so
that I can use it as the host. In doing this I ran into a slight
problem
with VAX/VMS V5.5-2, it doesn't like my 3rd party SCSI disks that I've
got
in the /90. Not a big problem as I've got some brand new (!) RZ25's
that I
can put into one of the systems, and I want to put a RRD42 into one of
them
as well.
Stupid question, how to I go about getting the cover off of the 5 1/4"
bay,
and am I supposed to have another piece of plastic to go there? If it
requires another piece of plastic (that I don't have), I'll just hook
the
drive up internally long enough to do the install.
Now to decide which system gets a V5.5-2 install, I'll probably go with
the
/90 as it's my fastest VAX, and will therefore be the best for building
software on.
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh_at_aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
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Received on Wed Mar 05 2003 - 22:36:01 GMT