[HECnet] Older VAXVMS Install kits?

[Steve Davidson]

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE 
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Cory Smelosky
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 18:36
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] Older VAXVMS Install kits?


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

Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes: 

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? ;)

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.

I'd say 4.7 for speed and period-correctness, 5.5 for 
featurefulness. 

The last release of VMS to run on an 11/780 was, I believe, v6.2. 

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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