6 Nov
2006
6 Nov
'06
3:31 p.m.
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov 1 2006) v4.0 OpenBSD on
my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old)
It really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that they're still useable.
Thomas Dzubin
6 Nov
6 Nov
3:44 p.m.
right. Now I just need to get MINIX running on a Tandy
2000. I'll settle for XENIX though. Can't find it :(
--- dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov 1
2006) v4.0 OpenBSD on
my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old)
It really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that they're
still useable.
Thomas Dzubin
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4:24 p.m.
At 3:31 PM -0800 11/6/06, dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov 1
2006) v4.0 OpenBSD on
my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old)
It really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that they're still useable.
Or... You could just run OpenVMS V7.3 on that MicroVAX :^)
Zane
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| healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
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7 Nov
7 Nov
1:16 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 3:31 PM -0800 11/6/06, dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
Does anyone have an archive of OpenVMS releases? How about Digital OSF or
Digital UNIX? I'd really like to have an OSF system up at some point to
test and debug software on as I get bug reports from OSF users but I don't
have a system to work with.
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov
1 2006) v4.0 OpenBSD on
my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old)
It really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that they're still useable.
Or... You could just run OpenVMS V7.3 on that MicroVAX :^) 
6:45 a.m.
On 11/7/06, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
Does anyone have an archive of OpenVMS releases? How
about Digital OSF or
Digital UNIX? I'd really like to have an OSF system up at some point to
test and debug software on as I get bug reports from OSF users but I don't
have a system to work with.
I'd like to second this request., I've got a DECstation running NetBSD
that pines for running its original operating system if at all
possible. :-)
--
"I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world
and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke."
-- Hilda "Sharpie" Burroughs,
"The Number of the Beast" by Robert A. Heinlein
7:15 a.m.
I'd love to get install media for VAX/VMS going back to the 3.x days...
Hell... I'd even like to run 2.5 (IIRC) again.
I'd also kill for Ultrix-32's last VAX version.
Bill
On 11/7/06, Josef Chessor <josefcub at gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/7/06, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
Does anyone have an archive of OpenVMS releases?
How about Digital OSF
or
Digital UNIX? I'd really like to have an OSF
system up at some point to
test and debug software on as I get bug reports from OSF users but I
don't
have a system to work with.
I'd like to second this request., I've got a DECstation running NetBSD
that pines for running its original operating system if at all
possible. :-)
--
"I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world
and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke."
-- Hilda "Sharpie" Burroughs,
"The Number of the Beast" by Robert A. Heinlein
1:12 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov 1
2006) v4.0 OpenBSD
on my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old) It really gives me a warm fuzzy
feeling that they're still useable.
Thomas Dzubin
Yup. That was the whole idea behind the large VAX/Alpha "rescue" I did a
number of years back. I'd planned to put them back to work doing *BSD and
other OSS development. Sadly, I've not yet had the room to set them up, as
the only usable systems I got out of the deal were the larger ones.
Another unnamed and underhanded person on the list here swiped most of the
smaller machines out from under me, though I did get a few mostly
functional 4000s. At least the large systems are safely packed and stored
until I move into a larger building.
-Toth
8 Nov
8 Nov
8:56 p.m.
On Nov 6, 2006, at 6:31 PM, dzubint at vcn.bc.ca wrote:
ahhhh, I just finished installing the newest (Nov 1
2006) v4.0
OpenBSD on
my MicroVAX 3100 (17 years old)
It really gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that they're still useable.
I rather like that myself.
From 1994 (or so) through 1997, I ran two DECstation-3100s in
production roles on my home network; one as a name server and one as
a mail server handling several medium-volume lists. Around the same
time I used a pair of VAXstation-3100/38 machines in production doing
the same things at an ISP in NJ. All four machines were running
NetBSD. They barely broke a sweat under the load, and had a 100%
reliability record for the nearly three years that they were running.
That's damn good stuff!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
9 Nov
9 Nov
6:16 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
From 1994 (or so) through 1997, I ran two
DECstation-3100s in
production roles on my home network; one as a name server and one as a
mail server handling several medium-volume lists. Around the same time
I used a pair of VAXstation-3100/38 machines in production doing the
same things at an ISP in NJ. All four machines were running NetBSD.
They barely broke a sweat under the load, and had a 100% reliability
record for the nearly three years that they were running.
I *still* use a DECstation 5000/260 as my DNS server and backup
mailserver today. The machine (200MHz R4400, if memory serves) is
reasonably quick.
Peace... Sridhar
8:15 a.m.
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 23:56:12 -0500
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
From 1994 (or so) through 1997, I ran two
DECstation-3100s in
production roles on my home network; one as a name server and one as
a mail server handling several medium-volume list
Primary DNS for
unixag-kl.fh-kl.de is a Sun SPARCstation 1 running
NetBSD. It does this job for at least six years now. I see no need to
change anything beside the occasional OS update for security reasons.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
11:37 a.m.
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
From 1994 (or so) through 1997, I ran two
DECstation-3100s in
production roles on my home network; one as a name server and one as
a mail server handling several medium-volume list
Primary DNS for
unixag-kl.fh-kl.de is a Sun SPARCstation 1 running
NetBSD. It does this job for at least six years now. I see no need to
change anything beside the occasional OS update for security reasons.
--
My home ftp server is still a VAXstation 3100, it performs the task very
well, and requires very little intervention. I'm considering running a
webserver on either that machine, or a similar one (my site is low traffic).
The ftp machine runs VMS7.3 under a hobbyist license.
Jim.
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