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

[Thomas Wutzke]

Am 31.05.2011 13:02, schrieb Michael Kraemer:
> I have a (real) VS2000 sitting in my basement,
> waiting to be "processed".

> Rather than wasting my time I'd like to ask:
> I heard of binary images labelled "VMS 4.7" and "VMS 5.52H4".
> Is it true that these versions already came on CD and could
> the VS2000 be installed with them?

I have a V5.5-2 REMASTERED CD. The date on the bill of material
is 30-NOV-1992.

>  From my distant memory I recall that around 1989 we had such
> a beast at work, with VWS. It was so dog slow even by 1980s
> standards that nobody liked to work on it.

It had the ability to walk programs instead of running. And
yes, it was rather slow. In the end it became a door-stop in
the computer-lab...

Th.