A new old thing
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
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Is there any other brand?
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Is there any other brand?
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
get some disks for it
What sort? I have some (2) unopened packs of 5¼ floppies laying about. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
get some disks for it
What sort? I have some (2) unopened packs of 5¼ floppies laying about. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I remember VAX's with massive CDC disk drives - big honking removable disk packs - maybe 15~18" in diameter - with a mind-bending storage capacity of 10 MB.
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Yes, same here, but from IBM kit.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Beats me - that's one blast from the past, guy! Where did you get that?
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Ebay. A place in Vancouver.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
get some disks for it
What sort? I have some (2) unopened packs of 5¼ floppies laying about. :laugh:
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
This has no drives at all. I may have to boot it from one of my AlphaServers... I haven't done that since I had VMS System Manager training around 1994. This may be a bigger project than I had planned. Not bored!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
"FEB 90".
1890? ;P
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It doesn't specify; could be 2090. ::shrug::
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
Damn that's a blast from the past. Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines. You get it for pleasure or biz?
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Damn that's a blast from the past. Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines. You get it for pleasure or biz?
Never use money to measure wealth! http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
Mike Hankey wrote:
Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines.
Me too; 1983 through 2002.
Mike Hankey wrote:
pleasure
I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. :sigh:
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
I think I remember when those were "the new hot"…or was it a VAXstation 3100…probably… Wow…what VMS are you sticking on it?
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
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I think I remember when those were "the new hot"…or was it a VAXstation 3100…probably… Wow…what VMS are you sticking on it?
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
I should be able to put OpenVMS 7.3 on it. Once it has disks and I get media... etc. etc. etc.
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I should be able to put OpenVMS 7.3 on it. Once it has disks and I get media... etc. etc. etc.
7.3…I think the last one I used (before transitioning to Windows…95) was 5.5…or something like that. I'm guessing my long-forgotten VMS skills would still be applicable...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
"FEB 90".
1890? ;P
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it. My latest tip/trick Visit the Hindi forum here.
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7.3…I think the last one I used (before transitioning to Windows…95) was 5.5…or something like that. I'm guessing my long-forgotten VMS skills would still be applicable...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
I was using 6.2 when Win95 was new. My last job involving OpenVMS was using 7.2
Stuart Dootson wrote:
long-forgotten VMS skills
I bought these systems and became a hobbyist to keep mine from atrophying completely. And I can show others what a real operating system is like. :cool:
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines.
Me too; 1983 through 2002.
Mike Hankey wrote:
pleasure
I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. :sigh:
Yeah that's about the same period for me. Did a lot of very neat stuff on Vax machines.....Ah the good old days!
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. Sigh
Cool, good to see they are still being used.
Never use money to measure wealth! http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
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Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...
Oh man... severe nostalgia! I really miss my LK201. :cool: I'd kill to be able to use one with my Windows box! /ravi
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Oh man... severe nostalgia! I really miss my LK201. :cool: I'd kill to be able to use one with my Windows box! /ravi
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My VT220 has one of those. But you can't have it.
