[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Dave Froble]

On 10/22/2020 11:52 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote:
> Op donderdag 22 oktober 2020 om 17:33:29 UTC+2 schreef Robert A. Brooks:
>> We expect that V8.4-2L1 will work on any Alpha; we did not test against anything older than
>> XP1000's.
>
> We, as VSI, did not test anything older, but as a private person who happens to have a large collection of old computers, I ran V8.4-2L1 on most Alpha systems I have; including these older models:
>
> - DEC 3000 AXP (models 300, 400, and 800)
> - DEC 4000 AXP
> - AlphaServer 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1000A, 1200, 2100A, 4000, 8200
> - AlphaStation 200, 250, 255
> - Personal Workstation 600a
> - Multia VX40
> - Tadpole Alphabook 1
>
> Note that this isn't a test as in that I ran any kind of verification suite, I just installed the OS and played with it.
>
> Camiel
>

Wow!  That's a bunch of old "junk" you got laying around.  You got a 
large warehouse?

I too have the same problem.  Been cleaning stuff for 2 days now, and 
barely started.  Good thing I don't have as much as you do.  Disks are 
dying.  Don't need an air cleaner, the systems running are great dust 
collectors.

Trivia question, how much does an AlphaServer 800 weigh?  Wasn't sure my 
back was going to survive yesterday.  Won't even try to lift the DS20.

DEC sure did believe in heavy gauge metal for the cases ....

And while on the subject of old "junk".  My DS10L has 2 RJ45 network 
ports.  Only the "A" post is connected.  DECnet keeps going up and down. 
  I seem to remember, maybe, using the "B" port and not having problems. 
  But it's been 10 years since it was last running.  Anybody got any 
ideas why this is happening?

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