29 Jun
2001
29 Jun
'01
2:30 p.m.
Once V7.3-1 is
out, then I'll consider moving past V7.2-x.
I've loaded V7.3 on the Charon VAX emulator, and it went pretty smooth,
but I'll not try to roll out V7.3 on the production VAX systems at work
until there's a good reason. For the Alphas I'm with you on waiting for
V7.3-1. I'm pretty sure I have V5.5-2 on CD. I seem to
remember V5.5-2H4 was
only shipped with processors that needed the support, since the "H"
releases are hardware releases, not patch releases.
IIRC, V5.5-2 is on the Hobbyist V1 CD, so if I'm lucky I'll be able to load
that on the VAXstation 4000/60 I want to run it on. BTW, I know in the case
of V7.2-1 you can no longer buy it, you have to buy V7.2-1H1.
When Tim Stark's VAX emulation is ready I want to
get a copy of V1.x just to
play with it, since it's been a long time since I've seen it running.
Hmmm... I'd not thought about that! I was just looking forward to having
something that Hobbyists can run that should support Ethernet! I wonder if
Tim Shoppa or Montagar have old versions of VMS.
V7.3 seems to have support for the MicroVAX II:
$ write sys$output f$getsyi("HW_NAME")
MicroVAX II
$ write sys$output f$getsyi("VERSION")
V7.3
There is a difference between running on the hardware, and being supported
on it. It will run on a few platforms that it's never been supported on.
V7.3 is the last version for quite a few VAX systems.
(listed
in the SPD).
Dang, I'll have to go back through it. I obviously missed it. I wish it
was still available as text or html. That PDF is a pain when you're used to
reading it as text (yeah, I know I'm the one always singing Adobe Acrobats
praise).
Zane