Anyone have a spare RX23?

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_at_gbronline.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 16:20:32 2004

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Subject: Re: Anyone have a spare RX23?


> 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_.

The VAXstation *does* have a network interface, but I haven't gotten around
to using it yet. What I want to do is save some configuration files and
other small bits of information. Most of my classic computers are micros
and don't have networking capability (yet) so I just need a simple way to
stash a few files. I'm using the VAX station to learn VMS and want to be
prepared in case I hose things while learning.

Glen
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