25 Sep
2000
25 Sep
'00
4:25 a.m.
Hi!
I just picked up a MicroVax 3400 at a hamfest. I
haven't used a vax in
years (had some exposure to an early vax in the mid 80's).
1) How can I get a distribution of vms on tape for it (it has a
tk70 tape drive)? I have no cdrom drive even if I had a copy
of the cdrom distribution. The system is currently running
vms 5.1.
VMS 5.1 is not recent anymore. You can get a license and some kits on
www.montagar.com
and a short intro (installing, configuring,...) on www.freddym.org
I don't know if NetBSD is supoprted on this machine, but if it, you could
try it out, too. It's very nice, too.
(I have already applied for decus membership..but it
sounds like its gonna
take a while before I have a membership #).
I think so.
2) How can I get it to talk to SCSI devices (so I
could possibly
hook-up a cdrom drive)?
Shouldn't be a problem. If it has a SCSI Controller, just attach a
SCSI-CDROM (preferably a DEC) and it should work.
--
Best Regards,
Freddy
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