[Info-vax] Good/best version of (Open)VMS for a VAXstation 2000?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <8ada4c75-3601-4ab4-a4a2-1da96df4fa00 at 32g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, "Mike K." <madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com> writes:
> Recently an emulator of the VAXstation 2000 has become available on
> the 'Net and as I'd like to try out some of the actual VAX graphics
> software that using it should make possible, I'm wondering if anybody
> knows what version of (Open)VMS should fit best onto a system with
> only 14 MB of RAM...

   4.7, using VWS, though 5.2 using VWS.  X11 based DECWindows is too 
   much for a VAX 2000 (from first hand experience with 14MB of RAM).

   VWS will run fine in 4MB of RAM.

   Later versions of 5.x will allow you to run VWS, but I have no
   experience since we bought them to run X11 and switched to it as
   soon as it shipped.

   Soon after X11 DECwindows shipped, DEC addressed the poor performance
   of the VAXSttion 2000 by announcing low cost RAM and local disk
   upgrades.  We immediately ordered them, but we weren't happy
   until we got our first VAXStation 3100.