On 12/06/2011 22:57, "Geoffrey Reed" <geoffr at zipcon.net> wrote:
On 6/12/11 2:40 PM, "Dave McGuire"
<mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 6/12/11 5:34 PM, Geoffrey Reed wrote:
> So,
first question. Does anyone know how to do a factory reset on
> these. The operating manual isn't much help. :(
For a proper factory reset you need a running VMS host with DECnet
(hopefully phaseIV) started, then you can hop onto it using
Can the VMS host be an emulated one?
(sorry for jumping in)
It can, but the networking has to be functional.
-Dave
No problem :) I just figured that many of the geeks out here are more
likely to be able to whip up a virtual machine quicker than actual iron...
And figured it wouldn't hurt to ask :)
That's a good point actually, I never think of it as I have VAXen and Alphas
easily available but something like Personal Alpha should do it as it has
proper networking.
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