[Info-vax] VMS 5.0

[Hans Vlems]

On Nov 14, 7:33 am, Roger Ivie <ri... at ridgenet.net> wrote:
> On 2011-11-11, Hans Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> > I don't think microVMS was available for the 8200/8300 models Johnny.
> > It was intended for the microVAX I (or II) and the 8200/8300 were
> > considered
> > real VAXes because they had a BI bus. I cannot recall what was missing
> > in
> > microVMS compared to the regular distribution, all device drivers for
> > BI, UNIBUS and
> > and MASSBUS would have been a sensible start, right?
>
> I ran MicroVMS on a "MicroVAX 8000", a VAXstation 8000 that was missing
> the Evans & Sutherland graphics hardware. Installed it from RX50s. Don't
> recall what version it was; I think it was 4.5. I don't know what DEC
> shipped with the VAXstation 8000s; we used to do work for DEC and things
> would occasionally just kind of show up.
> --
> roger ivie
> ri... at ridgenet.net

Well, I've got to admit that a microVAX 8000 is completely new to me.
Given your explanation
I doubt it ever figured in a Systems & Options catalog, right?
The VMS version may have been V4.5, all I know is that we ran V4.7
briefly on a cluster
with two VAX 8350's, can't remember what the earliest VMS version is
that will work (i.e. has
the appropriate SYSLOAnnn.EXE).
We had to wait until VMS V5.0 to get the second cpu going...
Hans