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

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Mon Sep 28 17:47:05 EDT 2009


Tone007 wrote:
> Well, it looks like my luck is holding out, my blank tape came and
> loads and unloads just fine in the drive, and shows up in the boot
> menu.  No more blinking lights, hooray.
> 
> While the network install sounds doable, I think I'd like to give
> installing from tape a shot, just something about making the big
> machine do it on its own sounds like fun to me.
> 
> What are my chances of finding 7.3 on a TK70 tape?


I'd guess that it would be a LOT easier to find V7.3 on CDROM but there 
may be distributions available on DLT.  You might even be able to buy 
one on e-Bay.




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