If you need TU58 boot tapes, let me know Ian, you can borrow my set if
you need.
Curt
Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Eh... another in a series of things _not_ to put into
a Chevy Venture, this time featuring... A Vax 11/750
and a Vax 6210.
Fortunately, this isn't going to be as bad to remove
from the van as those CDC drives were. I just need to
talk some friends into helping me.
But, I do want to try and get this 750 running soon.
The TU58 has a bad roller (suprise, suprise) so I'll
have to get some of that tubing I saw mentioned in the
archives. But, I have no cartridges, so it does me
little good to fix it... Any source of boot images for
this critter so I can boot it with a tu58 simulator on
a PC?
Also, what do I really need in order to boot and
install an OS, say, NetBSD? At the moment, I have no
disks (anyone have a Unibus SMD controller?), or for
that matter, a working, compatible tape drive (no
pertec controller...). I assume that the machine needs
to boot initally from TU58 every time, and then after
that, it can bootstrap from disk or tape. I found the
11/750 FAQ, but it doesn't have a section for "I
dragged home a big heavy Vax, now what?".
Thanks!
-Ian