> -----Original Message-----
> From: Antonio Carlini [mailto:arcarlini_at_iee.org]
> Sent: 07 January 2004 19:14
> To: witchy_at_binarydinosaurs.co.uk; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and
> Off-Topic Posts'
> Subject: RE: MicroVAX I
>
>
> > 500 mile round trip though....meh.....
>
> Well worth rescuing. Then you can spend some
> time looking for the reputed "user-mode crasher"
> instruction that would halt the machine when
> executed even in unprivileged user mode!
If I can call it from DIBOL and I have a spare few days I can have a go :)
This is of course assuming DIBOL 4.2 will be happy running on VMS 5.4 or
earlier; it's the only version I've got I think.
> I've got a few boards from one - possibly enough
> to make up one (if they work!). But even inside
> DEC, most of them were upgraded.
That says a lot for it doesn't it! I'll let everyone know next week what
state the machine is in once I get it back to Witchy Towers.
cheers
--
Adrian/Witchy
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Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 14:26:17 GMT