23 Feb
2006
23 Feb
'06
12:40 p.m.
On Thursday 23 February 2006 15:24, compoobah at valleyimplants.com wrote:
Ethernet and netbooting? Works just fine with VMS and NetBSD...
All those
caveats aside, you mean? 8?/
Not really, I don't find those caveats very limiting, and the
VS3100/76 is a nice small lowish-power Rigel box (7.6 VUPs) that can
be had cheaply. VS4000s are substantially more expensive, unless you
can source them locally, and the bigger boxes have more proprietary
parts that can't be hacked (I'm still trying to figure out how to get
a VAX 4200 running with no drive sleds and no real SCSI) My 3176
zipps along fairly well with 32MB of RAM, a 2GB IBM disk, and a
WY-150 console (I took a 6 position modular jack and shaved off the
latch with a chisel. It stays in pretty well on its own, and can be
taped or otherwise clipped if falling out is a problem).
Or you can get a real MMJ cable for a few $. I was selling MMJ cables
up to 15-20 ft for $5 incl. shipping before, and would do it again if
someone asked.
Of course, if you're too cheap to spend $5 on a cable that fits
properly, that's your own choice..
Pat
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