Booting a VAXstation

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Kevin Monceaux <Kevin at rawfeddogs.net> wrote:
> Liam,
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:35:05PM +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> Many thanks for the reminder! I do at least feel that I am on the way now,
>> but it's not the same as the real thing, is it? :¬)
>
> You're welcome.  You're right, it's definitely not the same as the real
> thing.  I have a VAXStation and a MicroVAX at home and to me they're not
> even quite the same as the "real" thing.  My first taste of VMS was on a VAX
> 11/750.

A pair of 11/780s here, in a cluster, which was the main computing
resource of Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of
London, in 1985-1988.

Let alone the computer, the *monitor* on my main PC probably has more
processing power now. I'm sure any modern printer does. Half a MIPS
per node. The smallest embedded ARM could surely stomp all over that
now, I guess...

I am not the devoted fan of DEC keyboards of many, though. They're
wonderful and far better than almost any modern devices, but I still
prefer an IBM Model M, such as the one I'm typing on right now. :¬)

It's probably All Wrong to drive even a simulated VAX with an IBM
keyboard, mind you...

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