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

[MG]

On 19-3-2012 11:27, Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
> I don't think you have the right idea about the i2000.
> It's quite big and heavy (like 40kg), much slower than
> an Itanium2 based system and one of the most unreliable
> systems - judging only the hardware - I have ever seen
> in my life. Yes, I do explicitly include the late and fast
> Merced CPUs in that judgment. It's a collectors item
> with no real advantage today. I really prefer my zx6000.

The pictures I've seen of them sure have deceived me then!
Still, though, like the zx2000 (though somewhat rare) it'd
be in a convenient 'form-factor' for a VMS Hobbyist.


> If you are seriously consering an i2000

Not really, I have plenty of IA-64 hardware (even sold a
bunch over the last months/year).


> I am also not sure if 8.1 would run on an i2000. I think
> HP recommended either an rx2600 or rx4640.

I think you're mistaken with V8.2 here.  I'm specifically referring
to V8.1.

  - MG