James Robinson <jrobinson@stisierra.com> wrote:
> 1) is the KLESI-BB with a tu81-e supported?

This is BI TMSCP. It's supported by Ultrix, but not by NetBSD or Berkeley
UNIX(R).

> 2) There is a TK50 controller on the DEBNA, is that suppoted?(T1034)

What do you mean by "on the DEBNA"? IIRC, DEBNA is BI Ethernet, isn't it? Or do
you mean "on the UNIBUS adapter?" If so, it's UNIBUS TMSCP and is fully
supported by all three Unices (Berkeley UNIX(R), Ultrix, and NetBSD).

> 3) Is the TK70 supported? (T1035)

That's also BI TMSCP (supported by Ultrix but not by the other two).

> What is the best way to load the system.

Depends on what system do you want to load. For both NetBSD and Berkeley
UNIX(R) you'll either need a UNIBUS TMSCP controller, or you'll have to cheat
by temporarily attaching one of your RA82s to another VAX that's already
running the OS you want and dd'ing it. Also watch out for console media issues.
I don't know whether 8200 has VMB in a ROM or not. If it doesn't, you will also
have to prepare a console RX50.

If you have a copy of Ultrix on the right medium and you want to install it, it
should work with any tape drive you can have on an 8200, but unless you have
VMB in a ROM with the ability to boot from TMSCP tapes, you'll definitely need
a console RX50.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: sokolov@alpha.ces.cwru.edu