16 Nov
1999
16 Nov
'99
3:24 p.m.
On 16 Nov 1999 ndiablo(a)diablonet.net wrote:
I was looking at your message and a few other things
came to mind.. I should
really condense all my thoughts _before_ writing :)
(1) I'd highly doubt the VS2000 graphics board would fit in the 3100.. I
tried to check the size of a VS2000 memory board once (since my VS3100's
failed and its only got 4 meg now) and it didnt fit, so i'd imagine it
would be more or less the same scenario with the video card.
My memory served me right... The VS2000 graphics board is a VS40X 4 plane,
and the VS3100 is a VS40X 8 plane. The boards are the same size/shape/
connector location, and the VS3100 recognizes the 4 plane board, but
reports an error (Probably because the firmware is downlevel). I will
try the 8 plane in the 2000 sometime soon.
(2) I dont know if you'd want to bother running
Ultrix on the thing; you
could either get a free license of OpenVMS 7.2 (newest version) from
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist, or you could run NetBSD on the system,
which I gather runs _very_ well now that SCSI DMA has been implemented
in the newest devel kernels. Using either of those routes, you'd at
least get something pretty modern... Going back to Ultrix would mean
digging up an old version with probably no support at all.. I gather
that Ultrix wasnt a particularly great implementation of UNIX, either,
however i've never actually used it myself so I guess I can't speak
authoritively on the issue.
Unfortunately, I don't like VMS (duck and cover)... NetBSD is slowly
getting there, but there wasn't any support for the console port the
last time I looked. I have Ultrix 3.1, but before I figure out
how to attach the TK50 drive, I wonder if it will run... I'm still
looking for the Ultrix Window System 3.1 (or 3.0) though... I'm willing
to trade VMS license PAKs (real ones) for a variety of layered products
for a UWS 3.0/3.1 license and TK50.
Besides, I like running apropriate OSs on old machines...
-Sean Caron (root(a)diablonet.net)
BTW, I just finished get NetBSD netbooted onto the machine... I pulled
the 8 plane board, and wiggled the memory board, and the memory error
went away... More playing is necessary...
THanks,
clint