Subject: Re: Newbie question
To: None <angry-psycho@usa.net>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/28/1997 11:43:20
> OK, I hate to sound stupid, but I have absolutely no experience with
> a VAX.  I am a typical Novell/NT kinda guy, however I was recently
> given a DEC 11/730 VAX.  So basically here are my questions...

>  1) Can NetBSD run on an 11/730?

I don't know, offhand, but...

>  2) Is this worth the time to set up for NetBSD?

...not unless you're into retrocomputing on space heaters, I'd say.
Your electricity bills to run it for a year (even at Quebec electricity
prices, which are low enough that a substantial fraction of dwellings
here heat with electricity) can pay for an Intel or PowerPC box that
will blow its doors off at a tiny fraction of the power draw.

Of course, if you _are_ into retrocomputing on space heaters, like many
of the NetBSD crowd (including me - I've got two Sun-3/260s (68020/20)
in live service right now), then an -11/730 is likely to be a lot of
fun to play with.

					der Mouse

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