[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Bill Gunshannon]

 On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:15:22 UTC, "Richard B. Gilbert" 
 <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
 
> Bob Eager wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:46 UTC, "Richard B. Gilbert" 
> > <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Bob Eager wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:22:48 UTC, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon)
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Note the percentage of fragmentation.  And, no, there are no de-frag
> >>>> programs for BSD Unix.  The question does come up from a windows weenie
> >>>> periodically in the BSD Newsgroups.
> >>> Remind me when DEC finally provided a defragmenter for VMS...! :-)
> >> Did DEC EVER provide a defragmenter?
> > 
> > Exactly...
> > 
> >> There is at least one but AFAIK it's user written freeware.  I first 
> >> encountered it ca. 1985-1986.  Before that, I had to do a full backup 
> >> and restore of an RA81.  AIRC it took fourteen tapes and eight to ten 
> >> hours.  The before and after comparison of system performance was amazing.
> > 
> > I kept a spare RA81 and did image copies...
> 
> ISTR that the RA81 cost $50K ca. 1984/5.  We got one with the system but 
> a second one was out of reach!

I used to have a bunch of RA80, RA81 and RA82 disks.  Never paid a dime
for them (well, except fo the power they consumed) and took nothing for
them when I passed them on to others who were still interested in them.
Fuji Eagles, too.

I still have an HDA and some logic boards but as I am packing up all
my stuff at the moment I expect stuff I can't use like that will be
headed fort he skip as I have been unable to find anyone interested
in them.

bill

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