[Info-vax] OT: For MAC Lovers Only :-)

[Steven Schweda]

> Apparently my LC II or at least that's what it says when I
> try to install it.  :-)

> [...] Don't think they can do 7.5.5.  I think a 68030 is
> required.

   An LC II may have some other limitation, but I'd bet
against 7.5.5 requiring a 68030.

> VMS does Appletalk??

   It did, until they stopped recompiling/relinking the
stuff.  As the "PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Macintosh)" "Server
Release Notes" (MSA013A.RELEASE_NOTES) say:

      AppleTalk for OpenVMS 3.2 is included in PATHWORKS
      for OpenVMS (Macintosh) V1.3A.

   Now (VMS V8.x, I believe), when you try to start it, you
get stuff like this:

Starting AppleTalk for OpenVMS...
%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node ALP
-SYSTEM-W-SYSVERDIF, system version mismatch; please relink
%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node ALP
-SYSTEM-W-SYSVERDIF, system version mismatch; please relink
%INSTALL-E-FAIL, failed to CREATE entry for
 DISK$VMS083ALP:<SYS0.SYSCOMMON.SYSEXE>ATK$MANAGER.EXE
-INSTALL-E-SYSVERDIF, system version mismatch - please relink

   I haven't tried faking the shared image version info.
Until very recently (when I got the free PowerBook), I
haven't much cared.  If I got desperate, I could probably
fire up a VAX, or see if I still have a V7.x system disk on
my spare/experimental Alpha.

> How much persuasion would it take for you to send me a
> copy?  :-)

   Not much.

      http://antinode.info/ftp/Mac/UofMN_MacInternetKit.zip