TCP/IP for VMS 5.4 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jul 2009

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Subject: RE: TCP/IP for VMS 5.4
   From: "Robert Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
   Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:11:38 +0100
     To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
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  OK,  I'm only running three MicroVAXIIs, 7
MicroVAX3100s (2 are m76)
 and two
 MicroVAX2000s.  FOr OSs I run VMS5.2, 5.44, 7.3 and Ultrix32V4.2.  I
 currently
 have 4 RD54s and 4 RD53s functional and a few SCSI drives.  Maybe the
 differnce
 is my copy of 5.44 is is the DEC release from back then when I got the
 machine
 (MVII GPX) as part of the severence along with all the paks.  With the
 full
 DECWindows plus Pathworks RD54 is pretty much full and that with swap
 and page
 on a separate disk.

 Allison 
I was careful not to select any options, wary about space, so I did not put
DECWindows on and I don't (think) I have Pathworks. I also do not have any
layered products on yet, but the most I plan to add is going to be either
VAX Pascal or VAX C and maybe FMS, I don't know how much space these are
going to take up. At the moment I am just happy that I have it basically
working.

Any details you have on reviving RD53s and RD54s would be very welcome.

the revive thing is restricted to 53s, 54s when they die the best you can hope
for is to swap board and HDAs to get a good one...maybe.

To do the internal work on RD53s one must be brave as it means opeing the drive
and working with tools.  Oh and all tools must be demagnetized first.

Allison

...
 Regards

Rob 