[Info-vax] VMS on VAXstation 3100 Model 48

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <AaidnaVBoY1lu_TUnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes: 

> VMS will, indeed, run on very old hardware.  

Yes.  And an image compiled and linked 30 years ago will run under the 
most modern VMS.

> I think the 11/780 is still 
> supported.  

No.  Neither is the MicroVAX I.  Neither is the AlphaBook.  A few VAX 
and ALPHA systems are no longer supported for the most modern version of 
VMS on that platform.  (VMS might still BOOT on the 11/780, but that 
doesn't imply support.)

> Why you would want to is another question entirely.  The 
> older hardware is physically huge, requires a great deal of power, 
> generates a great deal of heat which, in turn, requires a great deal of 
> air conditioning capacity.

Yes.  But of course the VAXstation 3100/38 is one of the smallest VAX
systems ever made.  It's just not very fast. 

> The newer VAX hardware; e.g. MicroVAX II, MicroVAX 3100, etc, is 
> smaller, faster, supports more memory, supports SCSI disks (instead of 
> SDI, can be plugged into a standard electric outlet, etc, etc.

Right.