25 Apr
2000
25 Apr
'00
2:05 p.m.
Rumor has it that healyzh(a)aracnet.com may have mentioned these words:
So, should I not install it? Or does it give you trouble as it's not big
enough??? ;-)
Well, I've
been running DEC equipment now since... Easter. ;-) So I don't
It's the 1GB drive that always gives me trouble! It depends on how many layered products you want, and
how many 3rd party
programs you want. A RZ25 is actaully fairly roomy. Still I've got my
setup clustered so most of my stuff is on a couple disks.
Well, I want to run DECwindows (for my wifey...) and I want to be able to
program in Basic & maybe C.
[re: MacOS]
I've also found the apps on the Mac to be the most
consistent between
programs and even publishers.
That's true... most apps for WinBlows are pretty consistant too, tho... as
in they consistantly suck... ;-)
Sorry should have been clear, the Hobbyist CD's are
two CD's, one VAX, one
Alpha. It really sounds like you've got a fairly recent (since it's got
OpenVMS V7.1) CONDIST. I assume that most of the disks are labled 1 of 10
and such. I'm also guessing that the Freeware CD is V3. You've got enough
software there to keep you going for *ages*.
Erm... not sure what the Version is on the freeware CD, but I can tell you
that I have the December 1998 distro of VMS 7.1. Erm... and I got it
installed last night!!! ;-)
Now all I need to find is a URL for a quickie command reference to find how
to do the menial stuff... like change directories and whatnot. From DEC's
"cover letter" that was tossed in with my software, I found out how to
mount a CDrom (and I did!) but I couldn't find out how to actually access
the disk. (Well, I had one of those short 12-hour days, and I was quite
tired so after I got VMS installed I only plinked for 5-10 minutes or so
before I shut it down.)
I do have all the documentation on CDrom, but it doesn't do me a hill
o'beans worth if I can't access them! ;-)
(I did find the "Show Mem" command, and was suprised on how economical VMS
was, and it seemed to give quite a bit of info!)
Anyway, thanks again for all the help, and before long there'll be another
DEChead floating around the ranks... ;-)
(BTW, how long does it take for DECUS to process a basic application?)
Thanks again, all!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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