[HECnet] VMS on AlphaServer 5000

[dave.g4ugm at gmail.com]

Interesting! 

What have you got to swap form Suzuki SVF650? Or going the other way whats a VAX/3000 worth in motor bikes?

Dave

 

From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Mark Wickens
Sent: 08 October 2020 12:07
To: hecnet at update.uu.se
Subject: Re: [HECnet] VMS on AlphaServer 5000

 

Buy the bike Keith!

 

 

On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 12:00, Keith Halewood <Keith.Halewood at pitbulluk.org <mailto:Keith.Halewood at pitbulluk.org> > wrote:

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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