21 Jan
2002
21 Jan
'02
5:44 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: David.Neal(a)ubsw.com [mailto:David.Neal@ubsw.com]
Sent: 21 January 2002 11:08
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: VAXstation newbie
Hi Al,
I highly doubt you can get the software on floppies, but I'm usually
proved wrong, so best of luck. CD is the way to go but not all 3100's
had SCSI as standard ( at least as an external option. Apart fromthat
you're probably looking at TK tape. Versions varied, long production
run, but the most usual was a 5.5, usually rev 2 or better.
ISTR No VMS distro was available on floppy, the only VMS floppies I can
remember were boot disks for MicroVMS round V4.x. Also, all 3100s have SCSI
as standard, the only differences were the type of SCSI connector that was
presented externally. Older machines had the female HD68 connector......
CDs were available for 5.4-2 and above I believe; I'm pretty sure I've got
most versions from then upwards.
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