[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <sARyyPlteYli at wvnvms>,
	cook at wvnvms.wvnet.edu (George Cook) writes:
> 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.

No idea what a KRQ50 is but I  have never seen a SCSI controller for
anything near $200.  Not that I consider that cheap, either!!  I pick
up PCI SCSI cards from the local trash.

bill

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