VMS 4.7 was VAXstation 3100 history (Was ... different)

I *WISH* I got a system a few months back with V4.x on it, and wouldn't you know, before I could get a backup of the (*#_@ @*&# RD53 it died. I HATE RD53's! One problem I see in less than a month, is that you need to be running V5.5-2 or newer to be Y2k. The first Hobbyist CD shipped with V5.5-2 and V6.1, IIRC. Note, in order to be Y2k on V5.5-2 and maybe V6.x or V7.x you need to take a look at what patches need to be applied. Possible? Yes. Difficult, probably. OK, to do it? I doubt it. I want to use the machines, and I want to cluster them. Technically that means the systems in my cluster should be running a minimum of V6.2 since the main systems in my cluster are running V7.2. However, I've got a mixture of V5.5-2 to V7.2 running. The thing to do is take a serious look at the memory footprint of what you want to run. On systems with only 12-16MB of RAM I'm running V5.5-2. I think UCX/TCPIP by itself requires 16MB of RAM on VAX Hardware (kinda hard to get on something like a MV2. Best thing you can do for good performance is lots of RAM. On the Alpha with V7.2 I've found that 64-72MB just doesn't cut it. It's OK at 96MB and just fine at 112MB (of course this is as a single user workstation). Thankfully VAXen aren't as demanding on the memory. Minimun RAM for V7.2 on Alpha is 64MB, on VAX it's only 16MB, which means you can just barely squeeze it on a MV2, and that V7.2 is the last version to support the MV2's. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |