8 Oct
2001
8 Oct
'01
8:36 a.m.
Hello Everyone,
I have a question:
Someone on Ebay is selling a Vaxserver 3100 model 10.
The question is: what is the difference betwen a vaxserver and a vaxstation
3100? This wil be my first vax system. Is this a good one to grab?
I'm new to this, so any help would be apreciated.
The only *physical* difference is the lack of graphics hardware on the
VAXserver, however, the more important difference is that a VAXserver
requires different licenses than a VAXstation. This isn't that important if
you're using a Hobbyist license though. Where this becomes important is if
you've got a VAXstation with Commercial licenses and try to run it headless
and without a keyboard (at which point the OS thinks it's running on a
VAXserver).
As for if it's a good system to grab, it's not a bad system, but there are
better, and the external SCSI port is probably non-standard (requireing a
special DEC cable. I'd personally recommend a VAXstation 4000/VLC as a
first VAX. OTOH, the 3100m10 should hopefully go for next to nothing, which
does make it attractive. Plus you can temporarily hook a CD-ROM up to the
internal SCSI cable to load VMS.
Zane