[Info-vax] New hobby system

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sun Nov 1 19:28:06 EST 2020


On 11/1/2020 7:11 PM, Sean O'Banion wrote:
> The Creek Fire in California has burned down the house where I kept
> my hobby systems (MV2000, AS800, RX2620), so I'm wondering if I
> should recollect similar systems, or wait for the version 9.2 X86
> release. The only special of these, I guess, is the VM2000 where I
> had real PAKS, and it was slow enough I thought I might teach myself
> FPGA design by plugin into it. The MV2000 Technical Manual was stored
> elsewhere...

VAX seems like a dead end for VMS hobbyists.

You can get community (hobbyist) license for Alpha or Itanium now.

You can also wait for 9.2 and go x86-64, but it will take a bit
of time.

Your decision.

Arne







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