[Info-vax] VMS 5.0

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-11-08 22.11, John Wallace wrote:
> On Nov 8, 7:42 pm, Johnny Billquist<b... at softjar.se>  wrote:
>> On 2011-11-08 15.50, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> In article<e26cf339-adbf-48b1-aaf0-8bf7e6bce... at i10g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>, abrsvc<dansabrservi... at yahoo.com>    writes:
>>
>>>> The more likely contents are the standanlone backup kit.  IIRC, the
>>>> actual VMS software was distributed on magtape,TK50 and removeable
>>>> disk only.
>>
>>>      Some VMS update kits were distributed on TU58.
>>
>>>      One of the 3.x update kits was on several TU58, at the time the only
>>>      option for 11/750 owners.  (I think it was on 8" floppies for
>>>      11/780).  At the time only full installs shipped on 9-track.
>>
>>>      It took so long to ingest from TU58 and DEC got so many complaints
>>>      that DEC decided, and loudly declared at the next DECUS symposium,
>>>      that in the future _all_ kits would be available on 9-track.
>>
>>>      Then CD became the standard media for Alpha, and available for VAX,
>>>      so we immediately ordered a Qbus CD reader for our MV II.
>>
>> I can't even imagine how many TU58 it would take for a full VMS
>> distribution. About 100 tapes maybe? Considering that the standalone
>> backup alone is 5 RX01 floppies, and the capacity of the TU58 is
>> similar, the number of disks/tapes even for some update kit quickly
>> becomes ridiculous as far as the number of media is concerned.
>>
>>          Johnny
>
>
> Speaking of ridiculous, nobody wants to mention MicroVMS on RX50s?
> Fair enough.

I actually installed that. I seem to remember it was 23 RX50. Took some 
serious time...

> How about VMS on the VAX 725? Was RC25 (26MB) a supported distribution
> medium for that specific config? I seem to remember installing VMS
> V3.7 on a 725 which initially had no magtape, and RC25 installation
> seems to be in the V5 Installation Guide on bitsavers...

Gha! The RC25... Wasn't that the two-disks-in-one thingy?

	Johnny