[Info-vax] Some good news !

[George Cook]

In article <75m6n9F18neh6U2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
> 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.

A KRQ50 ($200 or less) with an RRD40-DC should work.  All my old VAX
SOCs are at home, but I believe the KRQ50 was supported on a MicroVAX II.


George Cook
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