MicroVax II/VMS - why 70mb isn't enough.

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: MicroVax II/VMS - why 70mb isn't enough.
>   From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
>   Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:45:16 -0700
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"	<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>At 6:08 AM -0700 8/19/07, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
>>There has
>>to be a way to get an OS onto a Vax in 70 megabytes.
>
>You don't mention *what* version of VMS.  If you go with VAX/VMS 
>V5.5-2 (Hobbyist V1 CD-ROM) it is possible to fit it onto a 70MB 
>disk, though you'll have to leave some stuff out as I recall.  It is 
>a pretty tight fit.  If you could get ahold of MicroVMS V4.x it would 
>definitely fit (I have no idea where to find a copy).
>
>	Zane

VM5.5 will fit if you leave out DECwindows and some of the language support.
It will fit better is you can put in another (even if only 20MB) for files
as then you can move the page and swap files to there and buy some space.


Allison