5 Sep
2000
5 Sep
'00
11:51 a.m.
I`m having the opportunity to buy a VAXstation 4000 VLC,
would anyone recomment it, as a "my first VAX" ?
Or should I go for another model ?
Regads Jacob Dahl Pind
This is exactly the machine I'd recommend as a first VAX!!! Here is why:
1. Up to 24MB RAM using 4MB 72-pin True Parity SIMMs
2. Room for one 1" High 3.5" HD (mine has a 2GB drive)
3. 50-pin High Density external SCSI connector
4. The Size of the case!!! This box is so small you don't have to let it's
size bother you
Seriously this is currently the best first VAX you can get, while 24MB of
RAM might not seem like a lot under OpenVMS/VAX it's plenty. It's faster
than the commonly available VAXstation 3100 models, and way faster than the
MicroVAX II class machines.
The one down side is you will need an external SCSI CD-ROM that supports
512-byte blocks in order to load OpenVMS on it.
Zane