[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/18/19 12:26 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/18/2019 9:28 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 1/18/19 12:56 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>> On 1/17/2019 3:44 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A quick update being as I'm the guy who started this thread.
>>>>
>>>> Turns out I have 7.3 CD's (not sure about layered products,
>>>> I have 1 CD labeled that but I know they can't be on 1 CD!)
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, in this case "Layered Products" means things like DECram, DWMotif,
>>> Pathworks, etc.  Not BASIC, COBOL, etc.
>>
>> I suspected as much when I mounted the CD and looked at it.
>> But I do have a set of LP CD's dated 2004 which are probably
>> what I need.  No index, however, so finding what i want (and
>> have a license for) is going to be a chore.  These did not
>> come in the usual packaging which had a paper list of what
>> was there and what disk it was on.
> 
> If you have a set of "Consolidated Distribution" disks, the "list" is on 
> every disk.

I will have t o mount one and take a look.  In the past I
was used to using the paper list.  Highlight what I was
interested in and only play with those CD's.

> 
>>>> Install went easy.  I am using a 1GB Fujitsu drive.  And,
>>>> I will likely take a look at net booting and running it
>>>> diskless.  This is my M76, my most powerful one.  On
>>>> another note, I tried the Infoserver.  Nothing on the
>>>> hard disk.  There were two CD's inside the case, one with
>>>> what looks like a key written on the envelope.  That looks
>>>> like it should boot, but it never goes beyond the start
>>>> of the process and then periodic access to the disk.  The
>>>> other says not bootable right off the bat.
>>>>
>>>> So, I have heard that the Infoserver software is on the
>>>> Freeware CD.  Is this true?  If so, what do I do with
>>>> it if I can't even boot the machine?  Can I put it on
>>>> my mop server and remote boot the Infoserver to install
>>>> a system on it?
>>>
>>> If it's in an ISO type format you might be able to write it to a CD
>>> and boot the Infoserver from it.I looked at it once but that was long
>>> ago.
>>
>> Well, they are .img files.  Not sure what that means but
>> Brasero on Linux happily wrote it to a CD. Didn't boot
>> though.  Not sure where to go from  here with that but
>> it isn't stopping my program, just slowing it down.
>>
>> I have DECNET running.  I have LAT running on two of my
>> Unix boxes and somehow they advertise their availability.
>> How can I get VMS to do that?  I tried moving my PAKs
>> over OPA0: but that was a dismal failure.  Overrun after
>> no more than 2 lines.  Wold like to just use DECNET to
>> move them and then get on from there but I can't figure
>> out how to let the other boxes know the VMS systems is
>> there.
> 
> Where do you currently have the PAKs?

On other machines like where I get m y email and where I am
running my terminal emulator.

> 
> While DECnet can be very useful, it's not so much with other than VMS 
> systems.  You should get TCP/IP running, and then it's as simple as 
> using FTP.

Probably true, but I  have DECNET running and other machines
also have DECNET running and can talk with each other but
none of them can see the VMS machine.  I was hoping it was
a simple command that would cause it to do whatever the
others are doing (from a protocol standpoint) and become
publicly visible.

> 
>> Am having fun, though.
> 
> So, then, no problem, right?

Little by little things are coming back.

bill