[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

I believe it is a SCSI controller for VAX.

And I have a feeling that it costed a lot more than 200 USD when
it was current technology.

Arne