[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <DvNuEIOFRJJ4 at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <75lr97F18tkroU5 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> 
>> I doubt the latest version of VMS for the VAX would even fit on the
>> RD52.  And, anyway, how would I install it?  Will HP send me TK50 media?
> 
>    Since it is supported, it will fit on a supported disk and is
>    installable via a supported media.

Thus my comment with the Babbage quote.  If we keep changing the target
it is no wonder no one ever hits it.

> 
>    Those two might not be the same ones you bought it with, but
>    they'd probably be pretty cheap to upgrade now.

Huh?  Name one disk for a MIcroVAX-II that is "cheap".  What are you
suggesting?  Can't run an RA.  A SCSI controller costs more than the
entire machine.  I just saw a Seagate ST-506 listed for sale.  They
wanted $780.  It was 5M.  i would hate to think what they would ask
for an RD54 (which is probably the samllest disk you could get a current
version of VMS on and even then I would imagine it would be a pretty
stripped down version.)  And that still leaves media.  What media that
can be used on a MicroVAX-II is still supported?

> 
>    And the last time I actually had MV II in production, I know I
>    could install it from CD (yes, I had supported CD drives on my
>    MV II), and find a small disk it would fit on (VMS all by itself
>    is small).

Unless you had a SCSI controller I really don't see how you could load
VMS from a CD.  And, if you can find a QBUS SCSI controller it is anything
but cheap.

bill  
 

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