5 Dec
1999
5 Dec
'99
9:19 p.m.
CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
>I was going thru some drives and tapes yesterday while trying to
>resurrect my MVII and came across a v4.7 distribution I din't know I
>had. This leads me to ask, one, if the person looking for same a few
>days back (Enrico?) found one. And a second, stupid question. Stupid
It's me! yes!
In the late V4 days, there were two kinds of VMS distribution kits:
"full VMS", as you would install on a 11/730, 11/750, or 11/780, or
8600, or..., and there was "MicroVMS", which is what you put on your
Microvax I or II.
"MicroVMS" distribution kits were on huge stacks of floppies (RX50 or RX33
depending on what flavor you needed) and TK50 carts.
MicroVMS is a "trimmed-down" VMS distribution, with the parts that
aren't necessary (like Big-VAX support) or aren't usable on a Microvax
(like the RSX-compatibility mode stuff) taken out.
My 4.7 has the RSX-compatibility mode stuff albeit incomplete. When I try
to start VAX11RSX it complains that it cannot find something. Don't
have the machine here so I don't remember the exact error message.
e.
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