18 Jun
2001
18 Jun
'01
4:06 p.m.
It's a half height drive. Ah, so a TZ30 is just a
SCSI TK50? Can I use the
tapes I write in my TK50 on my MVax II? (I lost track of DEC stuff after
the MVax II. Kinda sad really.)
Yes, the TZ30 is a SCSI TK50 drive, not to be confused with the TK50Z, which
is a full hieght SCSI TK50.
I suppose I'm not completely against running VMS
on it though I can't
afford the hobbyist license right now. ($100 isn't it? Or is that for the
Unix hobbyist license?) I used to do ALOT of stuff on VMS Vaxen and have
even toyed with the idea of having a nice one around to telnet into just
to say I can. I'm just not sure I'd want to USE it for anything, however.
The Hobbyist license that costs $100 is Tru64 for Alpha. VMS is free with a
DECUS (OK, now it's Encompass) membership, and the media kit if you need it
is something like $20 (I forget what).
I suppose I feel the same way about Vaxen that I do
about Intel boxes.
Perfectly acceptable hardware, horrible default operating systems.
Intel - Linux
Vaxen - NetBSD =-)
Not quite....
Intel - Linux or Solaris
VAXen & Alpha - OpenVMS
DECstation - NetBSD
Sparc - Solaris
Zane