[Info-vax] VMS 5.0

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:08:39 +0100, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> 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...

We had a couple of 8200s, and ISTR that by that time it was about 40 RX50 
(but might have been 80!). I know it was available. Luckily they were 
clustered with an 8800...
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