I occasionally think about getting some kind of Itanium to run VMS on. I know zero about these machine, what models would people suggest that I might be able to buy at hobbyist prices? Regards Rob -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Mark Benson Sent: 09 June 2012 15:39 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] HP Integrity On 9 Jun 2012, at 15:18, Kari Uusim ki wrote: I had a problem with lacking memory (1GB) on my zx6000 Itanium machines do demand a LOT of RAM. I can only assume the assembly language/machine code is very inefficient ;) but then I dug into a scrap pile of HP blades (BL20p) and found memory which had the same parameters as a zx6000/rx2600 needs. Decided to test and to my big surprise I found out that the blade memory worked in the zx6000. Now I have enough memory. Yeah, a lot of HP gear of the same era uses the RAM This is more like a nice to know post for everybody. Indeed. I more wanted to let folks know I can provide the spares on a sale or trade basis at community pricing (i.e. cheap) as they are still very expensive from most sources. -- Mark Benson http://DECtec.info Twitter: @DECtecInfo HECnet: STAR69::MARK Online Resource & Mailing List for DEC Enthusiasts.