Was there ever a UNIBUS DSSI controller or were they all XMI only like the KFMSA ? That d be pretty convenient to use either:
$DSSI_CONTROLLER <-> HSD <-> BA350 <-> SCSI to CF adapter
or
$DSSI_CONTROLLER <-> HSV <-> BA356 <-> SCSI to CF adapter
Al.
On 15 Jul 2013, at 16:32, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
Cory Smelosky [b4 at gewt.net] wrote:
You could rig up a MASSBUS-compatible controller that interfaces
with either full SCSI/IDE ....
No MASSBUS controllers on the 730, remember? The only MASSBUS controllers
supported by VMS are the RH750 (for the 11/750) and RH780 (for the 11/78x).
I'd love to see your -11/730 working on HECnet!
LARGO::, 2.6. It's been up many times and will be again, as long as the
current disk holds out.
Alternatively, can a -11/730 be booted over the network?
No, there's no netboot for any 7xx VAX...
Had a feeling I was misremembering.
Bob
Cory Smelosky [b4 at gewt.net] wrote:
You could rig up a MASSBUS-compatible controller that interfaces
with either full SCSI/IDE ....
No MASSBUS controllers on the 730, remember? The only MASSBUS controllers
supported by VMS are the RH750 (for the 11/750) and RH780 (for the 11/78x).
I'd love to see your -11/730 working on HECnet!
LARGO::, 2.6. It's been up many times and will be again, as long as the
current disk holds out.
Alternatively, can a -11/730 be booted over the network?
No, there's no netboot for any 7xx VAX...
Bob
What's the name of the product, going to grep through the SPL CDs I have..
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 15 Jul 2013, at 23:17, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
On 15.7.2013 21:56, Cory Smelosky wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Kari Uusim ki wrote:
On 14.7.2013 14:15, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Morning all,
Would anyone be interested in adding IPX to the tunnels? ;)
I have an IPX network partially up at the moment. Is there any OpenVMS
IPX support? There's SNA integration so I don't see why DEC wouldn't
let Novell be unsupported. ;)
Sampsa, you could join easily if you pick up a low-power older cisco
router for absurdly cheap if you don't care about speed. (like a
2524...10BASE-T! It'd be perfect for IPX and low-bandwidth DECnet
tunnels!)
There used to be Pathworks for Novell Netware. A Netware (3.12) server
instance running on VMS. It was talking IPX.
I would be interested in finding that.
It can be found on many SPL CD's.
The first version appeared in May 1994 and the last version was on the 1998 SPL's.
Kari
On 15.7.2013 21:56, Cory Smelosky wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Kari Uusim ki wrote:
On 14.7.2013 14:15, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Morning all,
Would anyone be interested in adding IPX to the tunnels? ;)
I have an IPX network partially up at the moment. Is there any OpenVMS
IPX support? There's SNA integration so I don't see why DEC wouldn't
let Novell be unsupported. ;)
Sampsa, you could join easily if you pick up a low-power older cisco
router for absurdly cheap if you don't care about speed. (like a
2524...10BASE-T! It'd be perfect for IPX and low-bandwidth DECnet
tunnels!)
There used to be Pathworks for Novell Netware. A Netware (3.12) server
instance running on VMS. It was talking IPX.
I would be interested in finding that.
It can be found on many SPL CD's.
The first version appeared in May 1994 and the last version was on the 1998 SPL's.
Kari
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Kari Uusim ki
<uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:
On 14.7.2013 14:15, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Morning all,
Would anyone be interested in adding IPX to the tunnels? ;)
I have an IPX network partially up at the moment. Is there any OpenVMS
IPX support? There's SNA integration so I don't see why DEC wouldn't
let Novell be unsupported. ;)
Sampsa, you could join easily if you pick up a low-power older cisco
router for absurdly cheap if you don't care about speed. (like a
2524...10BASE-T! It'd be perfect for IPX and low-bandwidth DECnet
tunnels!)
There used to be Pathworks for Novell Netware. A Netware (3.12) server
instance running on VMS. It was talking IPX.
Kari
Hello!
Oddly enough I remember seeing it demonstrated at a trade show. About
the same time that the pest that became Windows NT (on MIPS and Alpha)
was being discussed. In fact I did ask what about it, made it
different then the regular example Pathworks. Let's just say the
response was an interesting one.
That's...quite interesting. I'm surprised to see that PathWorks for NETWARE was demonstrated at a trade show!
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Now why are the Yeti gathered all around your place Cory?
They want my ADSL WIC.
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oddly enough there is someone out there who calls himself the Doctor,
must be an earlier version of myself. And with backup, that's Liz Shaw
staring at you strangely.
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Kari Uusim ki wrote:
On 14.7.2013 14:15, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Morning all,
Would anyone be interested in adding IPX to the tunnels? ;)
I have an IPX network partially up at the moment. Is there any OpenVMS
IPX support? There's SNA integration so I don't see why DEC wouldn't
let Novell be unsupported. ;)
Sampsa, you could join easily if you pick up a low-power older cisco
router for absurdly cheap if you don't care about speed. (like a
2524...10BASE-T! It'd be perfect for IPX and low-bandwidth DECnet
tunnels!)
There used to be Pathworks for Novell Netware. A Netware (3.12) server
instance running on VMS. It was talking IPX.
I would be interested in finding that.
Kari
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http://gewt.net Personal stuff
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Bob Armstrong wrote:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/cmd/CDU-720_May92.pdf
These are available on eBay for about a $1K last I looked.
Eeek!
You'll need to poke around the VMS web sites for the drivers
Looks like it does MSCP - I don't know why you'd need special drivers
unless maybe to support non-standard sized drives.
Bob
Alternatively, can a -11/730 be booted over the network? I seem to recall in the DEUNA manual that direct netboot wasn't possible but it could be done with an intermediate bootloader of sorts.
Correct me if I'm wrong!
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, Bob Armstrong wrote:
Does anybody have any other ideas? Who else has an old UNIBUS VAX? What
are you doing to disk drives?
You could rig up a MASSBUS-compatible controller that interfaces with either full SCSI/IDE drives or images on said drive similar to how that one museum does it.
I'd love to see your -11/730 working on HECnet!
I've actually had the 11/730 for about fifteen years now - I restored it
out of parts from two different 730s that were scrapped. It's been fairly
easy to keep running except for the drives, and although it's admittedly a
bit slow, it's a cool machine.
Bob
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No affiliation, caveat emptor etc. but these look very nice for 250GBP delivered:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281135868757
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