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VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM

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From Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org>
Newsgroups comp.os.vms, comp.sys.dec
Subject VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM
Date Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:26:24 -0500
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   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.)

   These are all REAL systems, not emulated.

   The Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM, https://www.lssmuseum.org/) is 
a public, brick-and-mortar, donor-funded nonprofit museum in Pittsburgh, 
PA, USA that covers all kinds of computers, but with a particular 
emphasis on minicomputers, mainframes, and supercomputers.  We recently 
celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first public opening.

             Thanks,
             -Dave McGuire, LSSM

-- 
Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA

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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
  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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