[HECnet] RSX or RSTS

[Steve Davidson]

Bob,

RSX and RSTS unfortunately can not share but...

Put your "shareable" files on a VMS system and enable proxy access so
that each system has access to...

-Steve

On Sat, 2020-03-21 at 08:30 -0700, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> > Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net>
> > With two drives why not put both operating systems on.  
> 
>   Not a bad idea...  Just out of curiosity, can RSX mount RSTS file
> systems or vice versa?  So I could share user files between the two
> systems if I did that?
> 
> > do you have stock in your local electric company?  
> 
>   PG&E ?!?  I certainly hope not (although I have to admit that my
> retirement plan might have their stock in the portfolio - it's pretty
> common to do so).  After their last rate hikes, I think the current
> baseline PG&E rate is 12 cents/kWh, and tier 1 (which I end up in
> most of the time) is about 19 cents/kWh.  I can't afford to leave any
> of the old computers running 24x7.  I'd like to, but it's just not
> possible.  Instead I run simh on some Intel Atom thing.  The whole
> PC, including the SSD, uses about 10-15W and can simulate a whole
> garage full of old computers, each one faster than the original
> hardware.  Kinda sad in a way, but that's progress... 
> 
>   I'll have to measure the power draw of the 11/53 and BA123.  I
> don't think it really uses 625W - that's just what the power supplies
> are rated for, maximum - but it'd be interesting to see the real
> figure.
> 
> Bob
>