[HECnet] Older VAXVMS Install kits?

Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- system at TMESIS.COM
Sun Dec 23 15:52:56 PST 2012


Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> writes: 


On 23 Dec 2012, at 18:33, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" =
<system at TMESIS.COM> wrote: 

Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:=20 >=20 >> On 12/23/2012
05:21 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: > As i'm not getting >> anywhere with my
TOPS-10 endeavours, I thought i'd > try something = else: >> older
VAXVMS in SIMH's VAX-11/780 simulator. ;) > > 1). What would be >> the
best/most interesting version to try? 2). Where > would I get >> install
media for these older versions? ;)=20 >>=20 >> I have a bunch of older
VMS distributions.   I don't know if they're >> available anywhere else
or not; I would assume so but am not sure.   = At >> least several 3.x
and 4.x distributions, going back to 3.0.   Let me = know >> if they're
wanted and I can put them up somewhere.=20 >>=20 >> I'd say 4.7 for
speed and period-correctness, 5.5 for featurefulness.=20= 

=20 >> The last release of VMS to run on an 11/780 was, I believe,
v6.2.=20 >=20 > V7.3 should run on it. 

Really? I seem to recall reading several places that 6.2/6.3 were the =
last to run on an -11/780. 



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