Subject: Re: a little off topic - vms
To: Magnus Ahltorp <Magnus.Ahltorp@abc.se>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/08/1997 19:42:40
On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Magnus Ahltorp wrote:

> I don't know anything about VMS on alphas, but I do know that on the
> Multia that I have been playing with, you can choose "OpenVMS" or "Digital
> Unix" in the ARC console. Would Digital make it an option to boot OpenVMS
> on a machine that OpenVMS does not support?

Yes. There is no question that VMS does not run on the Multia.

> I have not tried to boot OpenVMS on this machine, since I haven't been
> able to fit in an external cdrom unit (no scsi connector), but I will try
> it as soon as possible.

cjs

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