[Info-vax] OpenVMS I64 V8.1 "Evaluation Release"?

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

MG <marcogbNO at spamxs4all.nl> wrote:
> Today I saw this on eBay: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/130666773030>

>        "HP DEC OpenVMS 8.1 Itanium IA64

(snip)

> I wonder if this is a direct off-shoot of the version that was
> ported to the first[1] HP i2000[2] Itanium ("Merced") workstation?
> If so, that begs the question: Would this run off an i2000?  That
> would make it a rather versatile VMS Hobbyist system.

I was just looking on eBay to see what is available.

I got one of the $100 RX2600's from a few years ago.

It seems that the ones there now are from $245 for an RX2600, one
processor and no disks or disk trays,
up to $14900 for an RX2800 four processor machine.

Oh, the management processors are (or were) available on eBay for a
reasonable price. I got one for about $22 including shipping.

-- glen