[Info-vax] ODS-5 to ODS-2 Data Migration

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In article <p6pir4$b7e$1 at dont-email.me>, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at avanthar.avanthar.com> writes:
>Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
>> If you are interested in retiring hardware, and are running Alphas, I
>> would recommend looking at the Hobbyist versions of some of the x86 Alpha
>> emulations.  That would be a less effort path (e.g., basically imaging the
>> disks).
>
>I've looked at that, one slight problem, I have this aversion to running
>Windows on my home network.  The most modern Windows license I have is for
>WinXP, that runs in a VM on my Mac (without network connectivity), and
>drives a Kodak film scanner.

I can understand and appreciate that sentiment.



>The other thing is, the hobbyist version is pretty limited compared to my
>XP1000/667, especially with regards to RAM, as such it would be best to
>offload as much as possible.  Besides it's nice to have a Cluster running at
>home again. :-)

I have vtAlpha on my laptop.  It has two disk drives, so I'm able to boot
linux and VMS depending on my neds.  Another solution with a WEENDOZE non-
requirement.

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