23 Feb
2006
23 Feb
'06
10:39 p.m.
On 2/23/06, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
But it's a VAX*station*, not a VAX! The whole
/point/ of having one
would be a (preferably colour) display and DECwindows! Otherwise I'd
just use an old MicroVAX - but apart from curiosity and wanting to
play with VMS again, I have absolutely no use whatsoever for a
text-mode terminal-based mini. At least I could use a VAXstation as an
X terminal for something running a modern, Internet-capable OS...
While I understand the sentiment, I'd like to point out that my
text-mode, terminal-based VAX (Headless VAXstation 3100 M38) runs a
modern (1998), internet capable OS: OpenVMS v7.2. Granted, I'm stuck
in text mode, but it handles basic internet connectivity like a champ,
and X-based, native, Internet applications are available for it. :-)
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