[Info-vax] When was the peak of Layered Products

[Tom Linden]

On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:49:42 -0800, urbancamo <mark at wickensonline.co.uk>  
wrote:

>> From the release history, 5.5-2 supported the same as 5.5-2HW which
>> was VAX 7000 model 600, VAX 10000 modem 600, VAX 4000 model 400 and
>> 100, microVAX 3100 model 90 and VAXstations 4000 model 90.
>> RZ26 was also supported here which may explain why the biggest disk
>> that the VAXstation 4000m90 could have was the rz26.
>> 5.5-2H4 appears to have added the VAX 4000 model xxxA systems (100A,
>> 500A, 600A and 700A)
>
> Ah very interesting - so you think I should be able to run VMS 5.5-2HW
> on a VAXstation 4000/90?
>
I have it on a 4000/60

>> I used WPSPlus on a pair of VAX 6000 systems (VAX 6000m430 and
>> 6000m510) to type up my final year project at Liverpool Poly.  Long
>> time ago now!
>
> Did you catch my retrochallenge blog? I used a VAX 4000/90 for a month
> in January (foregoing other computer equipment), and resurrected All-
> in-1 with WPSPLUS to write the web blog. If you're interested in a
> nostalgia trip, the blogs at: http://blog.wickensonline.co.uk.
>
> Thanks very much for the info! Mark.



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