[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist licence - howto

[Paul Sture]

In article 
<702498c9-1d67-4f4d-bc11-b86752120001 at m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
 "Bart.Zorn at gmail.com" <bart.zorn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 27, 9:21 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> > > If it's a *MicroVAX* it does not have a graphical console!
> >
> > > Graphics would make it a *VAXStation* 3100.
> >
> > Microvax 3100-30 is a very diffent beast from a Vaxstation 3100.
> > (different memory, CPU etc).
> >
> > The Vaxstation can be made into a server  with the dip switch, at which
> > point, it makes the serial port the console.
> 
> AFAIK, flipping S3 did not change it to a server. I had several
> VAXstation 3100-M38's connected to Console Manager and those did not
> identify themselves as server.

IIRC on my old VAXstation 3100 Model 38 S3 simply switched between 
graphics and serial port for the console. The previous owner had used it 
with a serial line simply for space reasons.

> The only box I remember that morphed into a server was the VAXstation
> 4000-90 which identified itself as "Unknown VAXserver" when you remove
> the graphics adapter. As consequence, its OpenVMS base license was no
> longer valid for the box.

The VAXstation 2000 also declared the licenses insufficient if you 
replaced the graphics adaptor with a component for 4 (or more?) serial 
ports. It wanted server licenses instead.

-- 
Paul Sture