12 Jul
2009
12 Jul
'09
9:51 a.m.
Subject: RE: TCP/IP for VMS 5.4
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:30:34 -0700
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
At 12:15 AM +0100 7/12/09, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I'd not olly say cheaper, but then you will not be limited to 153MB.
when yo consider that V5.4 eats the 153MB about 80% a 1gb drive is
very attractive.
Last I looked (it been a while) a SCSI adaptor such as CMD is 4-500$
and suitable SCSI drives are cheap.
Allison
I already have some 3100s (VAXstation and
MicroVAX). I don't have any 4000s
except for some VLCs. I just really wanted to have a MicroVAX II and I am
actually very happy that it works as well as it does, a DELQA or an RD54
would just be a bonus.
The VLC is actually my favorite VAX, I love how small it is. :-)
Instead of a RD54 you might want to consider a different disk
interface that lets you use ESDI or SCSI disks. It could very well
be a cheaper alternative to the RD54, unless you get lucky.
Zane
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13 Jul
13 Jul
1:08 a.m.
I'd not olly say cheaper, but then you will not be
limited to 153MB.
when yo consider that V5.4 eats the 153MB about 80% a 1gb drive is
very attractive.
Last I looked (it been a while) a SCSI adaptor such as CMD is 4-500$
and suitable SCSI drives are cheap.
Allison
I beg to differ on that. I have installed VMS 5.4, with DECnet onto my
MicroVAX II. Someone has also kindly sent me UCX 1.3 which is now also
installed (so the original question has now been answered). All that on an
RD53:
$ sh dev dua0:/full
Disk DUA0:, device type RD53, is online, mounted, file-oriented device,
shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
Error count 0 Operations completed
3761
Owner process "" Owner UIC
[1,1]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot
S:RWED,O:RWED,G:RWED,W:RWED
Reference count 61 Default buffer size
512
Total blocks 138672 Sectors per track
17
Total cylinders 1020 Tracks per cylinder
8
Volume label "MICRO1VMS54" Relative volume number
0
Cluster size 3 Transaction count
136
Free blocks 54528 Maximum files allowed
17334
Extend quantity 5 Mount count
1
Mount status System Cache name
"_DUA0:XQPCACHE"
Extent cache size 64 Maximum blocks in extent cache
5452
File ID cache size 64 Blocks currently in extent cache
3105
Quota cache size 0 Maximum buffers in FCP cache
120
Volume status: subject to mount verification, file high-water marking,
write-
through caching enabled.
As for SCSI and ESDI controllers, the prices I see on ebay are beyond my
hobbyist means.
Regards
Rob
7:04 a.m.
At 12:51 PM -0400 7/12/09, Allison wrote:
I'd not olly say cheaper, but then you will not be
limited to 153MB.
when yo consider that V5.4 eats the 153MB about 80% a 1gb drive is
very attractive.
Last I looked (it been a while) a SCSI adaptor such as CMD is 4-500$
and suitable SCSI drives are cheap.
Which is why I said SCSI or ESDI might be cheaper. Price an RD54.
:-( Also take into consideration that the SCSI drives are likely to
be more reliable.
Zane
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+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
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