30 Jul
2001
30 Jul
'01
1:03 a.m.
I'm looking around for a VMS setup at the moment, but space is tight(as
always!). Can anyone offer suggestions for a smallish (desktop/under desk)
machine that's suitable for running VMS on? My only experience with VMS is
10+ years ago, version 4.something I think. It ran on an 11/780 cluster,
kind of out of my league :-) Any suggestions, pointers to websites etc?
TIA
Al.
30 Jul
30 Jul
7:40 a.m.
I'm looking around for a VMS setup at the moment,
but space is tight(as
always!). Can anyone offer suggestions for a smallish (desktop/under desk)
machine that's suitable for running VMS on? My only experience with VMS is
10+ years ago, version 4.something I think. It ran on an 11/780 cluster,
kind of out of my league :-) Any suggestions, pointers to websites etc?
TIA
Al.
Well, as has been pointed out, if space is tight, the VAXstation 4000/VLC
is the smallest system you're going to find and easily be able to run VMS.
Basically you've got the following choices that meet your requirements:
VAXstation 3100 family
VAXstation 4000 family
DEC 3000 family (Alpha)
DEC AlphaStation family (Alpha)
The question is, which is more important, speed or money. The machine
families are listed in order of least expensive to most. Personally I
recommend a DEC AlphaStation 200 4/233 as a minimum if you're main interest
is in OpenVMS itself. My best system is a DEC PWS 433au, and OpenVMS is
*really* nice on it :^)
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/index.html Hobbyist site
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/ OpenVMS Doc site
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/ Main OpenVMS Web Site
http://www.islandco.com/ A reseller with good prices on some stuff
http://www.ebay.com Probably your best source of a system, unless you
get one from someone on this list or local to you.
Zane
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7:41 a.m.
Alan Pearson wrote:
I'm looking around for a VMS setup at the moment, but space is tight(as
always!). Can anyone offer suggestions for a smallish (desktop/under desk)
machine that's suitable for running VMS on? My only experience with VMS is
10+ years ago, version 4.something I think. It ran on an 11/780 cluster,
kind of out of my league :-) Any suggestions, pointers to websites etc?
Go for a 4000/vlc. Even on ebay, prices are between $15-50.
That's probably the only vax you can loose on your desk ;-)
(up to 24MByte RAM, one 3.5 scsi internal disk, (none of the nice
fancy hot disks) graphics is either 1024x768 or 1280x1024, 8bit )
Better one is the 4000/60, around $100 on ebay
(up to 72 MByte RAM, two 3.5", one 5.25" internal scsi drives,
graphics 1280x1024)
Even better 4000/90, around $150.
(up to 128MByte RAM, faster graphics than the 4000/60, same enclosure
as the 4000/60)
Best (?) is the 4000/90a, around $200 on ebay
faster version of the 4000/90.
a.) just my personal opinion ;-)
b.) ebay "prices" are just as a "worst case" scenario. You should get
much better deals on this list, or just while waiting ...
c.) A good list of the different models & additions is at:
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/Hardware/Machines/DEC/vax/
cheers & have fun,
emanuel
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