28 Dec
2001
28 Dec
'01
12:43 p.m.
Thank you for taking the time to do the translation. As it
turned out the bidding went too high for me. It's too
bad because I dont often see items like this offered
that often here in Europe. If this is an example
of the prices an item sells for on eBay, I think I
will have to depend on other means of finding an
affordable, classic.
Bill
Amsterdam, NL
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 12:02:29PM +0100, The Wanderer wrote:
Hi,
The text says
2 VAX-VMS computers Digital 4000-200
Model 660-QR) with the following config:
16Mb ram, KA660-AA cpu, 200MB HD, 296 MB TK70 tapeunit & network
connection.
With it belongs 2 VT420 terminals and console switch as well as all the
necessary
cabling. This machine is from the 89/90 era and is a solid machine.
Both machines were running until the middle of last year as a production
cluster
under VMS control. It can however also run NetBSD.
picture
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28 Dec
28 Dec
1:42 p.m.
New subject: VAX 4000-500 travails...
I was lucky enough to be given a VAX 4k500, but am now looking for advice on
how to get an os installed... NetBSD 5.1.2 halts trying to boot from the CD,
right after loading the kernel, I'm slogging around in mopd.c and friends
trying to find out why, when moptrace tells me everything's getting there OK,
that mopd says it's getting protocol request "9100" instead of
"6001", and
I'm still waiting on Encompass/DECUS-US to get my membership processed so I
can get license keys for VMS. (Sigh!)
Anyone have advice/clues/pointers?
Frustrated VAXherd in the US,
Chris.
On Friday 28 December 2001 10:43 am, you wrote: (to classiccmp)
Thank you for taking the time to do the translation.
As it
turned out the bidding went too high for me. It's too
bad because I dont often see items like this offered
that often here in Europe. If this is an example
of the prices an item sells for on eBay, I think I
will have to depend on other means of finding an
affordable, classic.
Bill
Amsterdam, NL
<<<CHOP>>>
2:26 p.m.
New subject: VAX 4000-500 travails...
I have no practical experience in OS's for VAX's however
I have seen many references to OpenVMS. NetBSD is
probably a good choise as well but wouldn't
OpenVMS be more "native" to the machine?
Again, I am only suggesting this based on what I
have seen turn up in the archives and at various
sites.
Bill
Amsterdam, NL
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 11:42:21AM -0700, Chris Craft wrote:
I was lucky enough to be given a VAX 4k500, but am
now looking for advice on
how to get an os installed... NetBSD 5.1.2 halts trying to boot from the CD,
right after loading the kernel, I'm slogging around in mopd.c and friends
trying to find out why, when moptrace tells me everything's getting there OK,
that mopd says it's getting protocol request "9100" instead of
"6001", and
I'm still waiting on Encompass/DECUS-US to get my membership processed so I
can get license keys for VMS. (Sigh!)
Anyone have advice/clues/pointers?
3:10 p.m.
New subject: VAX 4000-500 travails...
I'm still waiting on Encompass/DECUS-US to get my
membership
processed so I can get license keys for VMS. (Sigh!)
Anyone have advice/clues/pointers?
When did you first make the request to Encompass?
Did you send a followup eMail after 2 weeks or so?
Chuck McM informed us on list 26-Nov that the free
program might be going out. Perhaps that's what's going on.
: (
John A.
4:03 p.m.
New subject: DECUS/Encompass (Was: Re: VAX 4000-500 travails...)
I ended up calling... the nice lady said that everything submitted up to 7
December was processed, but then she found my submission from October. :P
There's still a free membership (everything's changing as of 1 Jan.), and she
assured me that the Hobbyist Program would still exist and be available to
the new free "Associate" member level. *Sigh* Whatever. I've been
promised
(again) that my membership will be processed by next Friday. We'll see.
-Chris.
On Friday 28 December 2001 01:10 pm, you wrote:
I'm still
waiting on Encompass/DECUS-US to get my membership
processed so I can get license keys for VMS. (Sigh!)
Anyone have advice/clues/pointers?
When did you first make the request to Encompass?
Did you send a followup eMail after 2 weeks or so?
Chuck McM informed us on list 26-Nov that the free
program might be going out. Perhaps that's what's going on.
: (
John A. 
5:34 p.m.
New subject: DECUS/Encompass (Was: Re: VAX 4000-500 travails...)
There's still a free membership (everything's
changing as of 1 Jan.), and she
assured me that the Hobbyist Program would still exist and be available to
the new free "Associate" member level. *Sigh* Whatever. I've been
promised
That's good news, I know there has been some concern over this. Of course
I'm not totally convinced that the Montagar webpage for getting License PAKs
cares if you've a current membership ID or not, just that you have one.
Zane
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