MicroVax and OpenVMS for dummies

Ok, I got the password changed. Did a license lookup and got the following: units avail activ base-vms-(6 numbers) 60 0 a dvnetend 230 e 0 openvms-alpha-adl 800 0 100 ucx 200 f 0 multinet 200 f 0 (multinet is from a company other then DEC) Anything special about any of those? Where can I save them to? Do you need drivers for a SCSI zip drive? Once dumped can a PC or a Mac read the format on the disk? Can I install v7.3 on top of 7.1 without screwing anything up and without losing the license? TZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian King" <IanK at vulcan.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:33 PM Subject: RE: MicroVax and OpenVMS for dummies And to answer one of your smaller questions: DHCP was not introduced until 7.3 (the current and last VAX distribution). Also, you can get an AUI to twisted-pair converter cheap on ePay or elsewhere. To log in without the current user password, look for "conversational boot" in either the VMS FAQ or (I think) on Hoff's site. Sounds like a great box. Enjoy! -- Ian ________________________________________ From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy [healyzh at aracnet.com] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 7:06 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: MicroVax and OpenVMS for dummies On Fri, 27 Aug 2010, Steven M Jones wrote: Once you get in, do a "SHOW LICE", if it has licenses installed. If it does, you might want to save them. Zane