[Info-vax] Tired of virus and worm issues!! Want to replace my PC with OVMS Workstation. (Needs)

[LenW]

On Apr 2, 10:18 am, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 7:04 pm, Len Whitwer <l... at psds.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a product or products that will run on OVMS "workstation like
> > XP1000" that would
> > allow me to dump my Microsoft XP PC and replace it with OVMS??  Don't
> > even care
> > if it is slower!!!  (Needs)
>
> > o Webb browser.
> > o E-mail Service "hopefully like outlook"
> > o Word and Excel like package
> > o Other Misc
>
> > Anyone have any thoughts on this other than it's a stupid idea??
>
> My primary home system until early this year was a PWS600au running
> VMS V8.2, latest Mozilla, and DECwrite.  I had to sideline it because
> of some family and work sites that required Flash, so now I have a Mac
> G4 connected to the big monitor with a switcher, but don't use the PWS
> too often any more.
>
> The PWS600au has the large cache and 1 GB RAM.  It runs most things
> fine but started to get a bit leisurely, and some websites would lock
> up Mozilla like a brick (spinning at 100% CPU) for hours.
>
> I'm cruising for a _cheap_ faster multi-slot Alpha (DS10 600, DS15,
> DS25... no way I can run an itanic, as noisy as they are, in the space
> I have) and will keep a VMS box on the desk as the home baseline
> system (mail store, etc; I only use webmail from the Mac).  I've got
> the SCSI cards, disks, and a nice video card ready when I find one.
>
> However I don't need or want MS Office capability at home.  Anyone
> outside of work who sends me one gets DECwrite attachments back, along
> with a 'sorry I can't read that proprietary file format you sent' ;)

Hi Rick:

I have a DS10 617MHZ machine here that I would sell for $900 if
interested.
Let me know what you want on it? Memory, Disk andc etc!!!! (Still
hoping
to come up with VMS/XP solution!!!)

-Len Whitwer
Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc.
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