I have one. it's a big paperweight without the microcode
tape.. the 725 was a cab with an integreated internal/etc rc25 combo.
memory is very limited . your tape drive wheel may be mush with age,
so try to check it before sacrificing your ony boot tape ;0
h
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephane Tsacas" <stephane.tsacas_at_gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: VAX 11/725
> http://netbsd.org/Ports/vax/
> and probably BSD 4.3/4.4 (http://ifctfvax.harhan.org/Quasijarus/)
> should provide some kind of bootable media which will check the
> hardware at boot time telling you more about the status of your
> machine.
> Stephane
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:00:04 +0100, Jeroen van Hengstum
> <jeroen.van.hengstum_at_hccnet.nl> wrote:
> > Recently I got a VAX 11/725, a small model VAX that was produced around
1983.
> > I intend to try to boot this machine again after many years.
> >
> > - Does anyone have a 11/725?
> > - Does anyone have 11/725 related documentation?
> > - How do you check in a few steps with this computer whether it is still
functioning properly?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeroen
>
Received on Sun Nov 28 2004 - 13:40:28 GMT