[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-01-20 19:45:31 +0000, MG said:

> On 20-jan-2013 20:33, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> AutoDesk.  Yep.  Don't use it.  Haven't had requirements past the
>> low-end stuff.
> 
> Actually, Smoke for Mac is supposed to be a dressed down version of
> the 'big' Smoke, for Linux (and originally IRIX).  In other words,
> it's not exactly the same (it doesn't *require* SDI I/O hardware
> and dedicated FC/SAS storage, for instance) and can be ran on
> /relatively/ 'cheap' hardware (like Apple laptops), well, for
> Autodesk standards anyway...

FC SAN adapters are available for the Apple laptops and Mac Mini boxes 
via Thunderbolt, FWIW.

There are also external PCIe card cages available via Thunderbolt, for 
those with fairly gonzo I/O requirements.

> Remember how I had an 'FS' thread, for my rx2620s a while back?  I
> later also posted a follow-up, wherein I said that I was alternatively
> also potentially interested to do a trade for a zx2000.  In the end,
> nobody (with a zx2000 to possibly sell/trade) was interested, or
> wanted it 1:1 (which I didn't feel like, with the "Montecito" CPUs
> in them and all).  So, they're surprisingly hard to get one's hands
> on...

I haven't had any issues acquiring zx2000 servers, for cases were those 
boxes were a good solution for the particular situation.  Your 
experience might simply indicate not all that much interest in the 
swap, or possibly in Itanium gear, or in VMS gear in general, or there 
might not be all that many zx2000 boxes around to swap.  Who knows.  I 
do know of some folks that have been swapping AlphaServer DS20e and 
AlphaServer ES47 gear and even terminals around within Europe, but 
AFAIK they're not usually looking for Itanium servers.


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