13 Jul
2009
13 Jul
'09
9:33 a.m.
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I take it that this means you're backing up a MicroVAX II via DECnet to VMS
running under SIMH? Or that you simply have copies of everything on a SIMH
virtual disk? I'm asking as the RD53's are hidiously unreliable. Never
count on it powering back up after you power it down.
I would have a copy of a nice VAX/VMS v4.x system disk if I'd had everything
setup and done a backup the first time I powered it up. So I'm speaking
Please tell me you've backed the system up.
Don't worry, I keep a copy of everything important on a SIMH virtual disk,
which is itself backed up. Thanks for asking though :-) from personal experience. :-(
Zane
13 Jul
13 Jul
10:43 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
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Sent: 13 July 2009 17:33
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: TCP/IP for VMS 5.4
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Robert Jarratt wrote:
disk,
There isn't anything vital on the MicroVAX II, everything that is on it came
Please tell me you've backed the system up.
Don't worry, I keep a copy of everything important on a SIMH virtual which is itself backed up. Thanks for asking
though :-)
I take it that this means you're backing up a MicroVAX II via DECnet to
VMS
running under SIMH? Or that you simply have copies of everything on a
SIMH
virtual disk? I'm asking as the RD53's are hidiously unreliable.
Never
count on it powering back up after you power it down.
I would have a copy of a nice VAX/VMS v4.x system disk if I'd had
everything
setup and done a backup the first time I powered it up. So I'm
speaking
from personal experience. :-(
Zane from elsewhere so I can easily recover.
You are right about the RD53s though. The one that came with the machine
seemed a bit dubious to me but seemed at least to respond in some way (I
could start a boot but it would never complete). Then one day it just went
offline as if it is not attached at all, I wonder if this is not a
mechanical problem but an electronic one in this case? Is there anything
that can be done to revive them?
Regards
Rob
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