[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/16/19 5:05 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/16/2019 1:04 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>
>> OK, this one probably isn't plainly written anywhere in the
>> docset but I'll bet most of the people here will have a good
>> guess.
>>
>> While I could run them diskless from the Infoserver I fear
>> the performance would be pretty bad, even for a VAX, with
>> more than 1 doing it, so.....
>>
>> What is the smallest size disk one would recommend for
>> VAX/VMS 7.3 and all the layered products the Hobbyist
>> Program provides Keys for?
>>
>> And, I guess I need to go get a current set of Hobbyist
>> PAKs as I am sure when I fire up the boxes in a few
>> minutes here I will find them all expired.  :-)
>>
>> bill
> 
> Honestly, VAX VMS will get by with a 1 GB disk.  Personally, I would not 
> go smaller.

I will look to see if I  have couple 1GB disks I can use.  But, just
for grins,  the two versions of 7.1 and the version of 5.5 that are
installed are all on Maxtor-430's.  And, yes, there are at least
compilers on there as software development was what I used them for.

> 
> I'm not sure what layered products you're planning for.  I guess you 
> might find enough to exceed the disk capacity.

I was hoping to just install everything that there is a Hobbyist
PAK for.  May never really use it all, but might be fun looking
at.  And who knows, maybe someone will see what I'm playing with
and offer me a job in a warmer climate.  :-)

Just out of curiosity, it RPG (not the game) in the layered
products and if so, do we get a PAK?

> 
> 
> $ sho dev/full dka0
> 
> Disk DFE90A$DKA0:, device type DEC DSP3107LS, is online, mounted, 
> file-oriented
>      device, shareable, error logging is enabled.
> 
>      Error count                    0    Operations completed  2605940
>      Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
>      Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:R,W
>      Reference count              211    Default buffer size      512
>      Total blocks             2091144    Sectors per track       83
>      Total cylinders             3150    Tracks per cylinder        8
> 
>      Volume label            "VMS072"    Relative volume number        0
>      Cluster size                   1    Transaction count      208
>      Free blocks              1254515    Maximum files allowed   522786
>      Extend quantity                5    Mount count        1
>      Mount status              System    Cache name "_DFE90A$DKA0:XQPCACHE"
>      Extent cache size             64    Maximum blocks in extent cache 
>    125451
>      File ID cache size            64    Blocks currently in extent 
> cache    128
>      Quota cache size               0    Maximum buffers in FCP cache 
>       332
>      Volume owner UIC           [1,1]    Vol Prot 
> S:RWCD,O:RWCD,G:RWCD,W:RWCD
> 
>    Volume Status:  ODS-2, subject to mount verification, protected 
> subsystems
>        enabled, file high-water marking, write-through caching enabled.
> 
> $ syh
> OpenVMS V7.2  on node DFE90A  16-JAN-2019 17:01:55.68  Uptime  130 11:29:12
> 

Is 7.2 the last VAX release?  If I download stuff is that what I
would get?  I think 7.1 is the latest I actually have on CD here
and was planning on using that but newer would be better, right?  :-)

bill