[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

[MG]

On 20-jan-2013 18:30, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 20-jan-2013 17:02, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>> For those not so inclined to build their own box, a Mac Mini or Mac
>>> Mini Server is a sleeper.
>>
>> My system has a faster and more recent CPU, four times the amount of
>> memory, a faster HD and cost about half of the most expensive one,
>> the Mac Mini Server (from what I just saw in the pricing on the Apple
>> site).
>
> Yeah; but the current the 16 GB configurations with the i7 and the SSD
> (or a fusion drive) are no slouch...

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean...


>> So, it also depends on the size of your wallet...
>
> Alternatively phrased as having different values around expending the
> time and effort and support and integration involved, and/or for
> access to OS X, or for various other reasons.

I don't really care much for OS X, to be honest.  The only reason I
may consider OS X, is because of Smoke (if you, by any chance, ever
heard of it).  But, that's hardly affordable.


> The zx2000 is not a new system, not officially supported by OpenVMS
> I64 — albeit it usually works nicely, in my experience — and is not
> likely hardware to be chosen for or used in a new production deployment.
> It is probably the most practical Itanium box available for a hobbyist,
> however.

Oh, okay...  (Out of curiosity, what gave you the impression that I
wasn't aware of that?)

Anyway, I doubt anyone --- well, anyone other than a Hobbyist (which
I thought would be self-evident --- would buy one: Like you said, it
isn't new, it's unsupported by HP (the hardware itself, but there's
also no new firmware and such forthcoming) and, most importantly,
VMS was _never_ 'officially' supported.

So, hardly very attractive for a business or any organization where
all expenditures are strictly regulated (particularly the case in
the EU).


> http://www.ebay.com/itm/300333964940

What an amazing 'deal'!  /Just/ (US) $ 449 plus $ 395 for int'l
shipping (to where I reside, along with possible customs fees),
for an absolutely minimal (900 MHz "McKinley", I believe), RM
unit and thus without the desk-side 'pedestal' mount...

  - MG