[HECnet] VMS on AlphaServer 5000

[Keith Halewood]

Hi,

I've trawled through HECnet emails for enlightenment around alpha systems running VMS and I believe I'm not repeating the question. So here goes.

There's an DEC Alphaserver 5000 (white case) (EV56) floating a few miles away from where I live. It's running NT, so there's an AlphaBIOS. Is there a 'hidden' SRM in that machine and therefore is it able to run current (HPE at least) versions of VMS? I don't want to end up with a machine running NT - my life has enough horror in it already. I had a look on HP's FTP site at firmware updates and the Alphaserver 5000 isn't even mentioned, or at least not in plain text.

I nearly bought a reasonably loaded Itanic RX2600 a few days ago but chickened out at the last minute. What I really should do is abandon all of this and buy a new motorbike.

Keith
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