13 Mar
2006
13 Mar
'06
3:01 p.m.
Hey there;
So over the weekend I reread Cliff Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg and after
reading various mentions of VAXes running VMS it occurred to me that while
I've worked with RSX-11M, RT11 and even various UNIXes on DECs, I've never
actually touched a VMS machine.
And while it would be reasonably acceptable to run OpenVMS on a SIMH
simulated VAX, it would also be quite nice to have a real VAX to do it on.
Anyone around Iowa (or even up in Minnesota) have a over-full garage or
basement and want to get rid of a VAX?
I'm fairly open to what model, I'm not snobby. Big or small, it should run
VMS fine.
I do actually own one VAX, a MicroVAX 2000 - charming little thing.
Unfortunately it is sitting in New Zealand, a little out of reach right
now.
Not expecting much - but I thought I'd ask, you never know... ;)
Thanks all;
JP
13 Mar
13 Mar
3:44 p.m.
New subject: Looking for a VAX in and around Iowa, anyone with a full basement?
I'm fairly open to what model, I'm not snobby.
Big or small, it should run
VMS fine.
Do yourself a favor, and look for a MicroVAX/VAXstation 3100 series, or
VAXstation 4000 series system. They're SCSI based which will make your life
considerably easier. Add a VT420 instead of an actual monitor and you've
got a very nice system.
It might also be worth looking at Alpha's, the Itanium 2's still cost to
much, as VMS runs on all three platforms.
Zane
6:44 p.m.
New subject: OT/Admin: Delay in posts?
Sometime I see up to a weeks delay in email from this list. Does
anyone else?
14 Mar
14 Mar
2:44 p.m.
New subject: OT/Admin: Delay in posts?
Gavin wrote....
Sometime I see up to a weeks delay in email from this
list. Does anyone
else?
Because the traffic for cctech (which you are subscribed to) has to be
manually approved by a team of moderators who have lives occasionally
outside of the hobby :)
Shortly cctalk and cctech will be recombined back in to one list, with
tighter/more_strict moderation of ontopic posts. Soon as I get time to
approach it that is.
Jay West
2:58 p.m.
New subject: OT posts
Jay West wrote:
Gavin wrote....
Shortly cctalk and cctech will be recombined back in
to one list, with
tighter/more_strict moderation of ontopic posts. Soon as I get time to
approach it that is.
I've never had problems with the on topic posts,so why moderate? :)
Jay West
Other than the problem of finding and transporting the classic
computers are people useing them for any constructive purposes?
Also a nice compare of the instruction set formats of early machines
can be found here.
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/
4:05 p.m.
New subject: Constructive purposes (was: OT posts)
In article <44172064.3010204 at jetnet.ab.ca>,
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> writes:
Other than the problem of finding and transporting the
classic
computers are people useing them for any constructive purposes?
I try to make interesting graphics and sound hacks on the computers
that I have, but alas it suffers from lack of free time.
However at Pilgrimage this year, we will have a C=64 demo competition!
More details will be posted to this list in the near future.
Also a nice compare of the instruction set formats of
early machines
can be found here.
http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/
Well I found lots of interesting stuff there, but I didn't see the
page you're talking about.
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