On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 12:58:40PM -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I'm curious. Why on earth do you need a floppy drive on a VAX? I've
> never used a floppy drive on a VMS system. I either use tape,
> network, CD, or hard drive to transfer data between systems.
We had an RUX50 on our 11/750 at Software Results (I still have it) because
we needed to send our product to our customers with MicroVAX-IIs who didn't
have TK50. I'll admit that today, ethernet interfaces are plentiful, as
are tape drives, but some of my own machines are limited to floppy or
serial port (i.e., Kermit).
The VAXstation 3100, though, should have a network interface.
Perhaps it's like when I got my first SPARCstation, ten years ago... it
didn't come with a floppy drive, so I bought one - with shipping I think
it cost about 10% of what I paid for the workstation. I think I used it
twice. :-( Now, of course, they cost a lot more to ship than they cost
to aquire. I have several in a box. At the time, however, my *other*
machines didn't all have network interfaces. I've since corrected _that_.
-ethan
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