<I was always told that about the 11/750 as well.  However, we got one that
<was being discarded by the chem department when I was an undergrad.  We
<plugged it in, turned it on, and it happily booted VMS from its disk.  Is

I'll bet someone put a tu58 hardware emulator or other mod in there.  If 
there is no tape in a stock 750 it just looks at you.

Allison