25 Sep
2000
25 Sep
'00
3:24 a.m.
At 05:56 25-09-2000 -0500, you wrote:
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.
As soon as I change out the TK50 in one of my current VAXen for a TK70, I
can write you a boot tape. However, I'm also kind of holding off for NetBSD
1.5 (which fixes most, if not all, of the current issues with VAXen,
including that annoying "Ring overrun" on the Ethernet side). That could
still be a couple of months away, and I don't know if you want to wait that
long.
2) How can I get it to talk to SCSI devices (so I could
possibly
hook-up a cdrom drive)?
You would need a Qbus-to-SCSI adapter. Such exist. They are usually not
cheap, always hard to find (those that have them tend to hang onto them for
obvious reasons), and not all support both disk and tape. Some are one or
the other exclusively.
Thanks!
You're most welcome.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
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Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
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