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Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM

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On 11/30/2025 7:33 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> In article <10gd7ig$6g5c$1@mail.neurotica.com>,
>> Dave McGuire  <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> wrote:
>>>     Hi folks, I thought some here might be interested to hear that we at
>>> the Large Scale Systems Museum have gotten our VAX-11/780 to the point
>>> where it will boot VMS.  We fixed a list of hardware issues as long as
>>> my arm, but it runs, and it runs great.
> 
>>>     Next on the list for that machine is the addition of a DEUNA Ethernet
>>> controller and a permanent system disk.  (For our final testing we
>>> borrowed the VMS v4.7 system disk, an RA90, from our VAX-11/750.)
> 
>> What's the last version of VMS that can run on that machine?  I may have
>> a Multinet kit for it but I think I gave my DEUNAs both away.
> 
> We ran 7.3 on our 11/780-5 (a field upgraded 780) at Living Computers.

I don't think DEC/CPQ/HPE would have supported it.

VMS 7.1 SPD state:

<quote>
VMS V5.1 was the final version to support the
VAX-11/725.

OpenVMS VAX Version 6.2 was the final version to sup-
port the following:
VAX-11/730
VAX-11/750
VAX-11/751
VAX-11/780
VAX-11/782
VAX-11/785
</quote>

But if it runs then it runs.

And both 6.2 and 7.3 are generally out of support and has been
so for many years anyway.

Arne

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VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-11-28 17:26 -0500
  Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Subcommandante XDelta <vlf@star.enet.dec.com> - 2025-11-30 10:23 +1100
  Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-11-29 18:36 -0500
    Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2025-11-29 18:42 -0500
      Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-11-30 21:56 -0500
        Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2025-12-03 13:25 +0100
    Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2025-11-30 19:33 -0500
      Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2025-11-30 20:21 -0500
        Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM "Robert A. Brooks" <FIRST.LAST@vmssoftware.com> - 2025-11-30 21:33 -0500
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    Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-12-02 12:15 -0500
      Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2025-12-05 16:22 +0000
        Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-12-06 11:01 -0500

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