Subject: Re: rescued microvax ii and cdc fsd disk yesterday
To: None <rick@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/02/2007 17:07:53
On Jul 2, 2007, at 1:56 PM, rick@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca wrote:
>>> We'll need to know that so we
>>> can figure out what type of DEC controller it emulates, which in
>>> turn
>>> will determine how we'll try to boot the machine.
> As far as I recall, the boot firmware only knew about MSCP, so nothing
> else could be booted. (ie. Anything else had to boot off floppy or
> tape
> to get it going.)
No, I used an Emulex SC03 in a MicroVAX-II for a long time...it
emulated an RM05 as I recall.
> I tossed my last MicroVAXII in the recycle a few weeks ago.
?!?!
> Have fun with it. Just don't expect it to do anything useful:-) rick
Oh now that's not fair. Just because it can't play huge graphical
games and play MP3s doesn't mean it's not useful. It makes a
perfectly capable web or mail server, for example.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL