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classiccmp.org namens Ethan Dicks
Verzonden: ma 21-05-2007 17:10
Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Onderwerp: Re: Well,now I've gone and done it... Dragged home more big(ish) iron...
On 5/21/07, Gooijen, Henk <henk.gooijen at oce.com> wrote:
If I were trying to use a 11/750 for anything intense,
I'd seriously
consider upgrading it to 14MB, but for a low number of users (1?)
8MB goes a long way.
Thanks for the info Ethan.
I think it's a good move to go for the extra memory
> > Oh, yeah... lots of EMPIRE. Had to keep
EMPIRE on it for the
> > boss ;-)
>
> What's EMPIRE? A game?
> Would be a nice reason to fire up the VAX more often :-)
EMPIRE is one of the best VMS games ever. It's
you vs the computer
in a land, air, sea battle for a continent and/or a few islands. You
build up armies, march across the land, and conquer neutral or
enemy-occupied cities. Unless you demand total annihilation, I
recommend accepting the computer's surrender - IMO, if you get him
backed that far into a corner, you are only about 50% of the way to
tracking down his last man and killing it. You'll win, but it will
take a long time to find his last few units.
It's a bit like Civilization without the unrest and the wonders of the
world, etc... just military units. Plays great on an 11/750 and
VT100.
Cool! Sounds like fun ... will start a search to find EMPIRE.
I can get an
L0007 MASSBUS interface
for $40. It is just a nice to have ... although I have two RM03's,
I don't think I will connect them to the VAX. I intend to connect
them to the PDP-11/70, but never say never ...
Does that $40 include the cab kit?
No, not that I know... AFAIK, you need a few jumpers on the backplane
to install the MASSBUS interface, and of course the 3 ribbon cables
that go to the MASSBUS bulkhead. I have the cables and a bulkhead, but
when I install the L0007, I will need the installation instructions.
We'll see about that when that day arrives ...
If you want to run large pedestal drives on your VAX,
the RM03
isn't a bad one to use, but the MB/KhW ratio is a bit low.
Yes, I know. The electricity bill has increased some 10% compared
with last year :-) But running the old iron is so much fun!
The good news is that if you have a few packs, you
could use the RM03s
with _either_ the VAX or your 11/70, just move the cables and swap the
packs.
Yep, true. But the PDP-11/70 is in my "museum", and the VAX is in the
shack, in the house ... I'm waiting for the lottery to knock on the door!
I could say "me too", but OTOH, a VAX with
RA81's does look nice
or at least impressive :-)
There's nothing inherently "wrong" with
an RA81 (except for the ones
with bad glue ;-), but at 1000W for 450MB, I'd rather have a smaller
drive and spend the electricity budget on the CPU.
But running RA81('s) makes good conversation by mentioning the
rush-in current, average power cinsumption and storage capacity
while I hold a defective opened 40 Gb drive from a laptop in my hands :-)
You can come up with new dimensions, like bytes/cm3, kilogram/kilobyte ...
If you _really_ want the 11/750 experience, though, I
gotta recommend
MASSBUS disks. We booted ours from the SI9900, and had a Fuji Eagle
and an RA81 for data disks - nearly a Gig between 3 spindles in 1988!
Point taken! I also have an untested RM80 ... :-)
- Henk.
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