Looking for early versions of MicroVMS & VWS - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Mar 2009

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
 bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jarratt
 Sent: 27 March 2009 23:38
 To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
 Subject: RE: Looking for early versions of MicroVMS & VWS

  -----Original Message-----
 From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
 bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of H?lscher
 Sent: 24 March 2009 17:43
 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
 Subject: Looking for early versions of MicroVMS & VWS

 WANTED - Early Versions of:

 - MicroVMS V1.0 (later renamed to V4.0) V4.1, V4.1M, V4.2
 - VWS (VAX/VMS Workstation Software) V1.1, V2.0, V3.0

 Help please, I want to run my MicroVAX I/IIs on contemporary  software!

 Any media (TK50 tape cartridge, RX50 floppies, 9-track tape, ...) ,  any
  condition (Installation media, BACKUP Save Sets,
Disk/Tape Images,  ...)

 Regards,

 Ulli

 P.S.
 I can help out with other old VAX software  
 I too would like to find media for an older version of VMS, as I
 recently
 acquired a MicroVAX II. It has an RD53, but I think it does not work as
 it
 whines and the machine won't boot from it, even though I believe it is
 supposed to have a version of Ultrix on it. I am in the process of
 trying to
 setup a cluster and see if I can boot the machine from a DEQNA I bought
 recently as well, but that will be VMS 7.3 and I would like to have an
 older
 version for old-times sake and also so that I can fit it onto the disk,
 if
 it works, or onto another RD53 or RD54 if I can get hold of one.

 Regards

 Rob 
I am now succeeding in getting MOP on my boot server to serve NISCS_LOAD.EXE
to my MicroVAX II but I then get ?4F SCBINT "Unexpected SCB exception or
machine check". This might be because I am loading NISCS_LOAD.EXE from VMS
7.3 and my MicroVAX II only has a DEQNA which I believe 7.3 does not
support. I believe I may need a version of VMS prior 5.0, so if anyone does
have media for older versions that they can make available that would be
great (don't need necessarily need physical media).

Thanks

Rob