18 Jun
2001
18 Jun
'01
3:06 p.m.
BTW, I checked out the machine. It contains a 2.15
gig Seagate and a
1.05 gig RZ26L in addition to another drive that I could not identify.
Nice. Lots of room there for a VAX.
The expansion box appears to contain a TK50 drive as
it had a TK50
tape in it. To be honest, I've never seen a TK70. So could it be a
TK70 with a TK50 tape in it? Can a TK70 read/write a TK50 tape?
I'm assuming it's a Half-Hieght drive? If so it's a TZ30. I'm not aware
of
there ever having been a SCSI TK70.
The point is, I should be able to use this machine to
download NetBSD
and write tapes so I can install it on my MicroVax II as well as this
machine. Fun!
Erm, not sure why you'd want to. If you're going to have a real OS on the
MicroVAX 3100 (VMS), I'm not sure if you'll be able to write out NetBSD
anyway. Remember my motto, it's a VAX, it should be running VMS! :^)
Now I have to see if I have an appropriate CD-Rom
drive for it. =)
A new Plextor drive would work, as would any Sun or SGI Bootable drive.
Zane