[Info-vax] Infoserver 150

[Dave Froble]

On 1/17/2019 1:43 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/17/19 12:51 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 1/17/2019 10:32 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>
>>> Just when you thought I coldn't copme up with any moreo
>>> stupid questions....
>>>
>>> My Infoserver is a KA41.  Should I assume it also has the
>>> disk size limit found on all my VS3100's?
>>>
>>> Got  my PAKs last night.  Less than 12 hours turnaround time.
>>> Nice.  Sent a reply back and am waiting for a pointer to the
>>> kits.  Email included a small FAQ which covered the loss of
>>> VMS attributes.
>>>
>>> bill
>>
>> Well, there is one way to defeat two issues with one solution.
>>
>> Should you have a later VMS system, perhaps an Alpha or even itanic,
>> you can use the InfoServer software under VMS, giving you both that
>> capability plus a system running VMS.
>
> If I had an Alpha or an Itanic do you really think I would be using
> a VS3100?  :-)

Well Bill, I don't know.  There are some who wish to use the older HW.

>> Network speeds on newer HW might be faster than the older disks, thus
>> allowing old HW to still be used when one can no longer find old disks
>> that work.
>>
>
> I am pretty sure I have enough disks (of all sizes and flavors)
> to last well past my demise.  The wonders of being a packrat.

Until you try to use them, and find that perhaps whatever lube is used 
has dried up and the disks won't spin up.  I sometimes think one is 
better off running an old disk, to keep it warmed up.  Sitting on the 
shelf could be worse.


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