20 Jun
2003
20 Jun
'03
2 p.m.
--- ".." <TRUTHANL(a)columbus.rr.com> wrote:
...Flamingo DEC 3000 Model 500 Home...won't boot.
It had had DEC
UNIX on it
OK. I *think* Ultrix was the only OS commercially available (not sure
about the later product named "Digital Unix" that was formerly OSF/1)
....I had rescued it from from my former
employer- it wasn't a
PC so they could find any takers...
No surprise there. I do know a few people where you work, but I think
if they brought one of those home, it would have sown domestic discord.
Now the Panel cycles up and goes through a series of numbers...
I don't know DEC 3000 specifics, but you might find some helpful info
in the install pages for either NetBSD or OpenBSD.
I don't have the distribution media, or tape media
for back- ups,
for this machine If I could force a boot off CD?
It should either boot off of CD or at least the network
I have one CD which is an alpha version of linux
called Potato?
I am familiar with Debian "Potato"... AFAIK, your box has a MIPS CPU,
not Alpha.
Any thoughts? I am in central Ohio.
I'm just around the corner (working at another company in Metro Place,
H&R Block, doing VMS), but I could always try to come over some night
and puzzle over things with you.
-ethan