[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 10/22/2020 4:18 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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?
> 

Ha!  Too bad you can't post pictures here.  Camiel should post a picture of the "Wall of VAX" he did on the OpenVMS Facehbook page.

> 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.
> 

Not as heavy as an AlphaServer 1200..  Before I moved to Texas in 2017 I had two each of AlphaServer 800's and 1200's.  Hauled them from one basemen to another when we moved 2 miles in 2005 but gave them away before moving 1000 miles to Texas.  They are heavy.

> 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?
> 

Maybe just one going bad.  The DS10 has the the same two ports and before switching to a DEGX2-TA card they both worked fine.

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John H. Reinhardt