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

From Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.vms, comp.sys.dec
Subject Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM
Date 2025-11-30 19:33 -0500
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <mddms43kpmr.fsf@panix5.panix.com> (permalink)
References <10gd7ig$6g5c$1@mail.neurotica.com> <10gg022$lc6$1@panix2.panix.com>

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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.
> --scott

We ran 7.3 on our 11/780-5 (a field upgraded 780) at Living Computers.

-- 
Rich Alderson					  news@alderson.users.panix.com
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									--Galen

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  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
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        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
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    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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