18 Jan
2001
18 Jan
'01
1:54 a.m.
Could you set it up to netboot and copy the disk over before it croaks?
If it was running VMS I'd suggest clustering it. I'm thinking the difference
in performance between having it netboot and run against an NFS disk vs
running against the mfm drive isn't going to be all that big.
I'm really torn by this little machine. On the one hand I sort of swore off
MFM drive based systems and was sticking to Q-bus based VAXen in the
collection, but now with the VS2000 I've got a bunch of the workstation
versions as well (KA41 - KA49). Fortunately for me the desktop VAXes take
up _much_ less room than the deskside variety, also the drive has Ultrix32
on it and its my only Ultrix based VAX (I've got Ultrix media for MIPS but
not for VAX). I'm guessing that if I moved the jumper back I'd see it has
some sort of frame buffer as well, perhaps it would bring up X even.
--Chuck
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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