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snaggs
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| Posted on July 27 2013 02:06 |
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I picked up 5 VAX 4000/90's today. Some of which had been canibalised. I was thinking that I'd be able to get at least one running from the 5. Apparently some of them were running before decommissioning.
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However, none of them had hard-drive in them, but there was one in a Caddy which dropped in, so I hooked it up.
I've hooked up a terminal, but I'm not sure I've put it in the right place, as I'm not getting any console when I press the halt button.
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There wasn't many cables, and the one Ive used is the only one I had. The terminal was from the same place, and still had console settings.
Any ideas? The lights are all red, which is not encouraging!
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
snaggs
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| Posted on July 27 2013 03:03 |
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Also theres a TK50 tape of OpenVMS 6 on ebay. Will this tape have all the decnet and tcpip stack that I need? Or did they ship on seperate tapes? Will DLT tapes format on the TZ30?
Daniel.
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RE: Got one working |
snaggs
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| Posted on July 27 2013 20:01 |
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Ok, Ive managed to get one working, and transplanted the CD drive (DKA400) and a RZ26B disk.
Seems to boot up ok,
Q1. Got some LCSPX error? Is that just because there is no monitor plugged in?
Q2. If I press the eject button on the CD-Rom, it does nothing. Is that because its using a caddy and there isn't one in there?
Q3. OpenVMS is on the disk, yay. However, I don't know any of the passwords. Is there a way to keep the software but wipe/reset the system?
Thankyou!
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RE: VAX Conversational boot... |
brad
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| Posted on July 28 2013 01:37 |
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...or, how to keep your software.
Hoffman Labs has an article on how to perform this feat:
<http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/204>
Check out the website for all manner of things VMS. |
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on July 28 2013 02:25 |
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> Q2. If I press the eject button on the CD-Rom, it does nothing. Is that because its using a caddy and there isn't one in there?
Yes
Q3. OpenVMS is on the disk, yay. However, I don't know any of the passwords. Is there a way to keep the software but wipe/reset the system?
You'll want to do a conversational boot. Personally, I like:
>>> b/1
SYSBOOT> set/start=opa0:
SYSBOOT> continue
$ set noon
$ spawn
$ @sys$system:startup
This brings the machine up normally, then gives you back the $ prompt
when the startup script logs out. From there, you can:
$ set noon
$ spawn
$ set def sys$system:
$ mc authorize
and have your way with the machine.
Do another conversational boot and reset the startup file to:
SYSBOOT: SET/START=SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP
to restore normal boot operations.
Someone else deserves credit for posting this information long ago. Unfortunately, I do not remember where I got it.
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
snaggs
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| Posted on July 28 2013 03:28 |
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Thankyou, Im in now with a full set of licences. Is there a way to print the licence keys out incase I break something?
Daniel. |
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brad
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| Posted on July 28 2013 05:16 |
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snaggs wrote:
Thankyou, Im in now with a full set of licences. Is there a way to print the licence keys out incase I break something?
Daniel.
I'm currently without a VMS machine; I think that $License/list will give you what you want. If not, try $License Help |
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
malmberg
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| Posted on July 29 2013 17:05 |
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If you set up a SimH/VAX emulator with networking and set it up as a VMS cluster boot node, you can network boot your VAXen with a minimal amount of hardware on them.
https://sourceforge.net/p/vms-ports/wiki/VMSHardware/ |
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
snaggs
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| Posted on August 30 2013 23:12 |
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Hi, i did this a few weeks and and seems I didnt use one of my normal passwords. So Ive tried to do it again and when I type
B/1
It comes up with EZA0
Instead and I cant type this other commands. I added a AUI connector. Is therevsomething else I need to do?
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RE: Got my VAX, what do I have? |
snaggs
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| Posted on August 31 2013 00:06 |
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Ok, I worked it out. |
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