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

[Dennis Grevenstein]

Hans Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote:
> 
> "Only 14 MB"??? That's a joke surely? 14 MB is the maximum for a
> VAXstation 2000 and more than enough

So true. I have seen quite a lot of 2000s over the years and not one of
them had more than 6MB of memory.

> provided you run the correct software on it. The system was built to
> run VMS V4.x and a light-weight windows subsystem.
> So any VMS version that uses Motif/DECwindows just won't do. You need
> a VAXstation 4000 model 90 or faster to make that run.
> Just read the other comments, they support this statement.
> So what you should install is:
> - VAX/VMS V4.7
> - DECnet phase IV endnode
> - VWS : this is DECwindows classic, from a distance it looks like
> Apple's desktop

You may be confusing DECwindows and VWS. There is DECwindows and also
DECwindows/motif. The basic DECwindows is much smaller and faster than the
motif stuff. VWS is even older, not X11 based. But you are right in that
VWS is appropriate for a 2000. However, it is not anywhere close to a Mac
GUI. In fact it's main advantage over a real serial terminal is being able
to open more than one virtual terminal.

Dennis

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