8 Dec
2005
8 Dec
'05
10:47 p.m.
At 9:33 PM -0500 12/8/05, Allison wrote:
Is a VS2000 really that slow to boot? I own one, but it has memory
problems, they don't prevent me from formating drives, but they do
prevent it from booting an OS.
My first uVAX was a VAXstation II/RC in a BA23, I've still got it,
though the monitor needs repaired. My second was a MicroVAX II in a
BA123, and was the first VAX I got running, it's now my PDP-11/73.
I've never seen a MicroVAX II boot slow enough to make dinner :^)
Zane
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[The first
"personal" VAX I ever owned was a VS2000, around 1989/1990. I
used to come home, turn it on, and I could make dinner while I waited for it
to boot and start DECwindows!]
I have three of them, one is used for formatting disks both floppy and hard.
My first uVAX was a MicroVAX-II in BA23, still have it.