9 Sep
2005
9 Sep
'05
6:20 a.m.
On 07/09/2005, at 8:33 AM, Allison wrote:
I even skip that. Most of the 3100s (and uVAX in general) can be
booted
and run headless. So when I need to connect to mine I use a VT1200
Xterm
over the network and I suppose a PC could be configured for that.
That
reduces the working system to a pizza box somewhere in the room on the
network.
My VAX4000VLC is set up to boot automatically and start networking so
in general it's only
got power and ethernet connected. At all times it also serves to lift
my 17" LCD display up to
a nice height when working with Mac OS-X. For portable VAX/VMS work,
SIMH running on my Powerbook
is certainly lots faster than the old 11/780s I used to manage (and a
darned sight lighter :-)
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