Reviving a VAX-11/750

Toby Thain toby at telegraphics.com.au
Sat Jul 4 15:40:21 CDT 2015


On 2015-07-04 4:35 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> Well. Despite all recent VAX-11/750 bashing it actually booted both VMS 6.1
> and Ultrix-32 4.0 today. ...
>
> BTW. The CPU of the 11/750 is contained on five extended HEX boards,
> (L0002, L0003, L0004, L0008, L0011/L0016/L0022). Then there is the optional
> RMD (L0006) module and possible MBA and extra unibus adapters.
>
> I used a SCSI2SD card connected to a Emulex UC17 board.
>
> A booting 750:
>...
>
> ULTRIX V4.0 (Rev. 161) (vax)
>
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>
>
>
>
> login: root
>
> Password:
>


As a fellow 11/750 owner (sadly, not yet restored), I salute you!

--Toby



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