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<div><br></div></div><div id="ydp6bcf5797yahoo_quoted_0715190625" class="ydp6bcf5797yahoo_quoted"><div style=""><div style=""><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Todd writes: >The OpenBSD/vax port was discontinued after the 5.9 release so probbaly not.</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">NetBSD still runs well on VAXes. Isn't it a bit like they mythic monkeys or ravens of British lore, the computing world is safe until BSD leaves the VAX? On a side note, whatever happened to Skolokov(?) the Quasijarus guy, the one for whom 4.3-Reno was impure and a sell-out? Seen some archives of the Quasijarus distribution but nothing about him.</span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Of course if you are willing and a bit crafty OpenVMS is good too.</span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">On the VAX-4000 theme they are nice machines. I had a 4000-200 for a while, CPU was a limit there. 4000-500 has NVAX and will be much faster, so limit will be I/O (Qbus expansion only, but OBIO isn't limited to Qbus rates) and unless you have a decent SCSI card you will have DSSI busses, which are technically nice but not nearly as convenient now. I hacked a HSD05 into mine which was a good solution, other than that seeking out DSSI disks or a StorageWorks with a HSD probably the way to go.</span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Yes, they do run easily on a 120/15A circuit and share with other devices. Officially do need the high temp plug, but for a while I used a C13 that I hade taken a Dremel to and added the keyway. A bit cowboy, but it worked until I got a C15. </span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div dir="" data-setdir="true" style="text-align: left;"><font color="#26282a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Nice machines, would be nicer with faster I/O, but the only reason I got rid of mine was the space.</span></font></div></div>
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