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?".
I have some emulex SMD unibus controllers. Contact me off list for the
details. I also just recently came into a quantity of TU58 dual drives
(4 pairs if I recall). I don't know their condition.
I *may* have some TU58 tapes. I'll have to check on them. I *do* know
someone who has a boot tape for an 11/751. I don't know if he's willing
to make a copy (or if he's able to...but it shouldn't be too hard).
Thanks!
-Ian
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TTFN - Guy