9 Dec
2005
9 Dec
'05
5:01 p.m.
At 7:49 AM -0500 12/9/05, Allison wrote:
Actually for the most part I've always used a VT220, VT320, or now
VT420's. I don't think I ever managed to get the VAXstation II/RC
booted when the monitor was working, and once I actually wanted to, I
discovered the monitor wasn't working. For the past several years
it's been sitting in a storage unit under a DECwriter II terminal. I
ended up with the MicroVAX II before I could get ahold of a
replacement disk and copy of the OS for the II/RC.
In the past, I have used 17" to 21" monitors on my Alpha's running
VMS, and come to think of it I briefly had my VS4000VLC hooked up to
the 17". Still for the last 5+ years all I've normally used is a
VT420 as the system console and simply used telnet or ssh to connect
to a shell session. Every few months I pull up a DECwindows session
on my Mac.
Zane
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My first uVAX
was a VAXstation II/RC in a BA23, I've still got it,
though the monitor needs repaired. My second was a MicroVAX II in a
BA123, and was the first VAX I got running, it's now my PDP-11/73.
I've never seen a MicroVAX II boot slow enough to make dinner :^)
Zane
I always used VT100/125 or VT340 as they are smaller than the huge 19"
DECwindows tube.
Allison