[Info-vax] MicroVAX/VMS newbie, couple of questions

[Kari Uusimäki]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <4ab91a81$0$6257$9b536df3 at news.fv.fi>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= <uusimaki at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> writes:
>> Tone007 wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I picked up a MicroVAX 3400 system running VMS 5.4 a few weeks ago and
>>> spent some time figuring out the basics (quite a bit of a learning
>>> curve) and getting it running and online with a copy of CMUIP I found
>>> floating around.  I've gotten it telnettable and FTPable (thanks to
>>> CMUIP including those,) but I'm wondering if there's a simple HTTP
>>> server around that'd run on 5.4.  I saw one that works with DECthreads
>>> (on VMS 5.5+ I guess?) but I haven't tried it since I don't see that
>>> it's supposed to be compatible.  Obviously a newer version of VMS
>>> might make things easier for me, unfortunately it's a DSSI system and
>>> the only media it'll take is a tape, and I'm not even sure the tape
>>> drive is working (no tapes to test with.)
>>>
>>> I also stumbled across a couple of sites mentioning HECnet, that
>>> sounds like fun.  Anyone here play with that at all?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any pointers you may be able to provide.
>>
>> To use more modern software, you'll be better off if you upgrade VMS to 
>> the latest version (V7.3). It is not very difficult to do the upgrade. 
>> You need to go through a few steps to reach version 7.3. See the upgrade 
>>  path at: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/6637/6637pro.html#intro_ch
>>
>> The upgrade procedure is described in the Installationa and upgrade manual:
>> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/6630/6630PRO.html
>>
>> Do you have more than one disk on your MicroVAX 3400? That might help 
>> you with the upgrade.
> 
> Why upgrade? If he just came across this MicroVAX, it might be a good
> learning experience to install a clean V7.3 and then learn everything
> needed to configure it.
> 
> One, lose the CMUIP.  Use the TCPIP Services or one of the hobbyist
> stacks from Process Software.
> 

You are quite right. That's the easiest way.
Maybe I'm just too much tied to old routines.