INFO-VAX Mon, 23 Jun 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 349 Contents: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Re: How things change for VMS Re: KZPEA ID question Re: KZPEA ID question Re: LMF and abandonned products Re: PerfectCache on Integrity - anyone else using it? Re: Very cool Ethernet speedup on OpenVMS Re: Virtualized VMS in clusters (general questions) RE: Virtualized VMS in clusters (general questions) RE: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Re: Wanted: VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU Module Re: Wanted: VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU Module ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:37:37 +0200 From: Ralf Folkerts Subject: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Message-ID: <2js4j5-mf1.ln1@boss.home.folkerts-net.de> Hi, while searching for Books that might help me getting into OpenVMS I found the abovementioned Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" (ISBN: 1555583253) from Digital Press. However, I was unable to locate a Copy or find a Review. I searched Alibris and the Sites mentioned in the OpenVMS-FAQ (inkl. elsevier) amongst googling for it. Does anyone have a hint where that book might be available? Or could anyone either recommend or disadvice that Book? I have been using Unix (and FreeBSD and Linux) for many years now, so I hope that this book might help me getting onto track faster... Cheers, _ralf_ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:51:30 -0400 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" Subject: Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Message-ID: Ralf Folkerts wrote: > Hi, > > while searching for Books that might help me getting into OpenVMS I > found the abovementioned Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" (ISBN: > 1555583253) from Digital Press. > > However, I was unable to locate a Copy or find a Review. I searched > Alibris and the Sites mentioned in the OpenVMS-FAQ (inkl. elsevier) > amongst googling for it. > > Does anyone have a hint where that book might be available? Or could > anyone either recommend or disadvice that Book? I have been using Unix > (and FreeBSD and Linux) for many years now, so I hope that this book > might help me getting onto track faster... > > Cheers, > _ralf_ I just checked Amazon.com and the book appears to be out of print! If you have access to a VMS system, "HELP" is your friend! Also the VMS documentation is available on-line at HP.COM. Google for it! (HP's search engine couldn't find its ass with both hands!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:05:19 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht Subject: Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Message-ID: <20080623160519.GC95275@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:37:37PM +0200, Ralf Folkerts wrote: > Hi, > > while searching for Books that might help me getting into OpenVMS I > found the abovementioned Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" (ISBN: > 1555583253) from Digital Press. > > However, I was unable to locate a Copy or find a Review. I searched > Alibris and the Sites mentioned in the OpenVMS-FAQ (inkl. elsevier) > amongst googling for it. > > Does anyone have a hint where that book might be available? Or could > anyone either recommend or disadvice that Book? I have been using Unix > (and FreeBSD and Linux) for many years now, so I hope that this book > might help me getting onto track faster... I recommend "unix for openvms users", isbn 1-55558-276-1 -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:21:28 -0700 (PDT) From: yyyc186 Subject: Re: Book "OpenVMS for Unix Users" Message-ID: <965b6317-a911-439b-a351-6220e899b161@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> You might also want to visit http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:06:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Oswald Subject: Re: How things change for VMS Message-ID: <3a8a0530-fdf6-452b-8096-735f62111a0e@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> On 21 jun, 06:01, Hein RMS van den Heuvel wrote: > On Jun 19, 3:58=A0am, Oswald wrote: > > > > > On 19 jun, 07:27, "Bart.Z...@gmail.com" wrote: > > > > This is NOT a list of internet connected nodes, but a list of Bitnet/ > > > Earn connected nodes. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bart Zorn > > > Hoi Bart, > > > Remeber this one: > > > HDETUD5 =A0 Tech Hoogeschool Delft =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0VMS 4 4 > > > :-) > > > Oswald > > Ha die Oswald! > > And I remember: HMARL5 =A0 =A0U Limburg > VMS 4 > Worked once or twice on that system while working for Digital Utrecht > in the early 80's > > My brother (Bart) also worked there (still does) > I used to send him DECNET routed Email =A0as: RHEA::DECWRL::"SYVAXVDH > @HMARL%.BITNET" > I also seem to remember HLSDNLxx =A0DNL Leidschendam > > fwiw, > Hein. The software (JNET) was from Joiner Associates. Never heard of them since. At one time (while I was working at DEC) we also supported JNET. If i remember correctly it defined a DCL verb starting with MC (can't remember what the verb exactly was). And this had the side effect that you could not do things like ' mc ncp' anymore but had to type ' mcr ncp' . Oswald ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:09:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Jordan Subject: Re: KZPEA ID question Message-ID: On Jun 20, 9:31=A0pm, s...@antinode.info (Steven M. Schweda) wrote: > From: Rich Jordan > > > The console initially sees the card and the drive(s), properly > > identifying both. > > =A0 =A0The console is almost always happy. =A0VMS may or may not be. > > > When I tried to boot one drive (narrow IBM connected via narrow/wide > > adapter, terminated by the drive) it failed on reading the boot block > > and the drive disappeared (but PKA was still online). =A0After INITing > > the drive re-appeared but was still not usable. > > > When I tried a Fujitsu U160 drive with a U160 terminator (and good > > cables) it reported a read error on the boot block, but the drive > > remained visible to the console. > > > When I booted the CD (V8.3) the drive and PKA/PKB were online, but > > attempting the mount reported drive offline errors. > > =A0 =A0If VMS says that the PK device is online, then you should have a > VMS-compatible card. =A0(With the non-VMS-compatible card, the PK device > is left offline.) =A0Then, if the DK/MK devices don't work, I'd suspect > the usual cables and termination. =A0(A bad card is possible, but not the > most likely thing.) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > =A0 =A0Steven M. Schweda =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 sms@antinode-info > =A0 =A0382 South Warwick Street =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(+1) 651-699-9818 > =A0 =A0Saint Paul =A0MN =A055105-2547 Steven, the home DS10L liked the card, and liked the drives I had at home to connect, once I told the card which were narrow and slow. Its the real deal. I don't know what is wrong with the box at work (or the cables/drives there). Now I can speed up the home box substantially. Just need to pick up some cheap surplus U160 drives to replace the old Ultra-40s. Rich ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:38:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Len Whitwer Subject: Re: KZPEA ID question Message-ID: On Jun 23, 7:09=A0am, Rich Jordan wrote: > On Jun 20, 9:31=A0pm, s...@antinode.info (Steven M. Schweda) wrote: > > > > > > > From: Rich Jordan > > > > The console initially sees the card and the drive(s), properly > > > identifying both. > > > =A0 =A0The console is almost always happy. =A0VMS may or may not be. > > > > When I tried to boot one drive (narrow IBM connected via narrow/wide > > > adapter, terminated by the drive) it failed on reading the boot block > > > and the drive disappeared (but PKA was still online). =A0After INITin= g > > > the drive re-appeared but was still not usable. > > > > When I tried a Fujitsu U160 drive with a U160 terminator (and good > > > cables) it reported a read error on the boot block, but the drive > > > remained visible to the console. > > > > When I booted the CD (V8.3) the drive and PKA/PKB were online, but > > > attempting the mount reported drive offline errors. > > > =A0 =A0If VMS says that the PK device is online, then you should have a > > VMS-compatible card. =A0(With the non-VMS-compatible card, the PK devic= e > > is left offline.) =A0Then, if the DK/MK devices don't work, I'd suspect > > the usual cables and termination. =A0(A bad card is possible, but not t= he > > most likely thing.) > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > > > =A0 =A0Steven M. Schweda =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 sms@antinode-info > > =A0 =A0382 South Warwick Street =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(+1) 651-699-9818 > > =A0 =A0Saint Paul =A0MN =A055105-2547 > > Steven, > =A0 =A0 =A0the home DS10L liked the card, and liked the drives I had at h= ome > to connect, once I told the card which were narrow and slow. =A0Its the > real deal. =A0I don't know what is wrong with the box at work (or the > cables/drives there). > > =A0 =A0 =A0Now I can speed up the home box substantially. =A0Just need to= pick > up some cheap surplus U160 drives to replace the old Ultra-40s. > > Rich- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hi Rich: We have had the same problem with some SCSI controllers in that they WON''T work with OVMS but WILL work on UNIX.(Driver Issue) We have the real 3X-KZPEA-DB's here CHEAP at $95.00 if that will help you. Len Whitwer -Len Whitwer Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 Woodinville, WA 98072 e-mail mailto:len@psds.com Internet: http://www.psds.com Toll Free: (866)857-0710 Tel: (425) 488-0710 Fax: (425) 488-6414 ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 2008 07:21:35 -0500 From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) Subject: Re: LMF and abandonned products Message-ID: In article , Roger Ivie writes: > On 2008-06-20, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> ISTR that copyright is good for fifty years or the life of the author, >> whichever is greater. > > I was under the impression that it's currently something like 75 years > *after the death* of the author. It was changes to 75 years to protect The Mouse, and others. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:18:29 -0700 (PDT) From: etmsreec@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: PerfectCache on Integrity - anyone else using it? Message-ID: <67fc8bc1-3a04-4a35-a893-1222b44f0504@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> On 21 Jun, 20:36, Marty Kuhrt wrote: > etmsr...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > On 17 Jun, 15:21, Jan-Erik S=F6derholm > > wrote: > >> etmsr...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > >>> Hiya, > >>> We've had a couple of sites needing to use PerfectCache on Integrity, > >>> VMS versions 8.3 and 8.3-1H1. =A0The problems that we've experienced > >>> make me suspect that few sites are now using PerfectCache so I'm > >>> wondering if my suspicions are correct? > >>> Is anyone out there using PerfectCache on Integrity? =A0Experiences? > >>> Thanks in advance > >>> Steve > >> Doesn't the current cache features in later VMS version > >> more or less make these 3'rd party cache products obsolete ? > > >> Jan-Erik. > > > No! > > XFC is fine on a single node, but if you have a cluster that's opening > > files for write as well as read on more than one node, XFC backs off > > and won't cache it. =A0Not helpful when you want to cache it! > > Wow! =A0I just assumed XFC would at least try to match the capabilities o= f > the third party caching products. > > When I was working tech lead with I/O Express (Executive Software) and > later CacheManager (SyMark) we had block-level write invalidates to > notify other nodes of a write. =A0This would allow the other nodes in the > cluster to do whatever without having to consider the whole file > suspect. =A0(We worked at the block level, anyway) =A0That was over a dec= ade > ago. > > Of course, since I don't do product support anymore, I don't research > product features. =A0Maybe XFC was updated at some point.- Hide quoted te= xt - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for you message Marty. As they say, never assume anything. I had assumed that XFC would be cluster compatible and cluster coherent, only to have it explained in terms that meant it certainly wasn't if a file is open for both read and write. Are Cache Manager or I/O Express capable of working cluster coherently on Integrity? Last I looked I/O Express wasn't. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:39:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Jordan Subject: Re: Very cool Ethernet speedup on OpenVMS Message-ID: On Jun 21, 5:04=A0am, johnwalla...@gmail.com wrote: > On Jun 21, 2:22 am, "William Webb" wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:37 PM, ewilts wrote: > > > On Jun 18, 10:50 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" > > > wrote: > > >> The network guy is TWICE an idiot. =A0It's usually NOT a good idea t= o > > >> force speed and duplex settings. =A0Except when dealing with certain= VERY > > >> old (ten or more years) hardware, autonegotiation of speed and duple= x > > >> settings is the way to go. > > > > I disagree and if you read the NetBackup mailing list, you'll see > > > regular reports of people who also disagree with you. =A0The rule of > > > thumb I follow is: > > > For 100mbps, FORCE the speed AND the duplex on BOTH ends of the > > > connection > > > For GigE, autonegotiate > > > > It hasn't failed me, and I've seen a LOT of issues with autonegotatio= n > > > on 100Mbps ports failing to negotiate the duplex. =A0It seems to work= , > > > but performance really, really sucks. > > > >> Ten, or more, years ago there was an ambiguity in the standard for > > >> autonegotiation. =A0Cisco Systems interpreted it one way while Digit= al > > >> Equipment Corporation interpreted it the other way. =A0Forcing the s= etting > > >> was the only way to get 100 Full Duplex. > > > >> The ambiguity was resolved long ago but there is still some old hard= ware > > >> out there. . . . > > > > Current Cisco switches and current Ethernet adapters still have issue= s > > > at 100Mbps. > > > > There is NO disadvantage to forcing speed and duplex at 100Mbps. > > > There are potential disadvantages to autonegotiating. =A0Why take a > > > chance? > > > > =A0 .../Ed > > > As one who's in the midst of a very large Alpha to Integrity > > migration, we've had numerous discussions with VMS Engineering about > > this, including some of the seven remaining TCP/IP mavens down in Oz. > > > The party line is that don't set it to autonegotiate on Alpha, but do > > set it thusly on I64. =A0and that goes double for the GigE ports. > > > Best regards, > > > WWWebb > > Was the logic behind that explained? I'd have been less surprised by > something that read "don't set it to auto on DEC-based NICs but do set > it to auto on Intel-based NICs", based on the likely age of the > physical layer implementation on the card (no, I don't have a magic > decoder ring to identify which is which...). Obviously lots of Alpha > kit has DEC-based NICs and I64 kit has Intel-based NICs but aren't > there a few grey areas where crossovers may have occured? > > This is a lower level problem than TCP/IP, though they may well be > amongst the more frequent victims when it doesn't work right. Alphaserver DS15 systems have embedded Intel controllers instead of the DEC ones used on DS10/10L systems. Rich ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:30:36 +0200 From: Jur van der Burg <"lddriver at digiater dot nl"> Subject: Re: Virtualized VMS in clusters (general questions) Message-ID: <485f511c$0$14356$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> Minor nit: LMdriver does not exist, although you get an LM device if you use virtual tapes. Underneath it's still SYS$LDDRIVER which looks like a tape or a disk, depending on the way it is connected with sysman. Glad to hear the the virtual tape is doing its job. It took a long time to devlop. Jur (LDdriver author). http://www.digiater.nl/lddriver P. Sture wrote: > In article <485E7346.90801@qwest.net>, Jim Mehlhop > wrote: > >> Yes as an example of this use the lddriver that is included in VMS 7.3-2 >> and beyond for testing. It is a container file just like the virtual >> disks from SIMH or personal alpha > > FWIW I'm successfully using LMDRIVER to do "tape backups" to container > files held on an NFS volume. Since I haven't managed to persuade my Mac > to host as NFS V3 (NFS V2 only supports files up to 2GB), I've set those > tape container files at 700 MB so I can copy them to a CD apiece. > > LMDRIVER handles continuation tapes nicely using the SWITCH command. In > other words you don't have to muck around calculating how many files > will fit on a CD. Selective restores are wonderfully fast :-) > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:35:53 -0400 From: "Peter Weaver" Subject: RE: Virtualized VMS in clusters (general questions) Message-ID: <003c01c8d557$967b4070$2802a8c0@CHARONLAP> > I'm trying to wrap my head around how virtualized VMS systems participate > in > certain aspects of clustering and volume shadowing. There may be > something > I'm just not getting. So this is kind of general. >... You are right that a user (or even a system manager) that logs into CHARON-VAX or CHARON-AXP will just see a faster VAX or Alpha. Nothing from VMS will let them know that it is running on virtual hardware. The network driver will direct everything the network card receives to the virtual machine. So DECNet, SCS, IP traffic will all get to the VMS system. Disk drives can either be physical disks or container files. If the disk is a container file then the Windows host will just see one big file (i.e. D:\DISKS\DISK1.VDSK). If the disk is a physical disk then it can be a LUN on a Fibre SAN, an IDE disk, a SCSI disk, or an iSCSI container (VMS does not yet support iSCSI, but you can use iSCSI with CHARON-VAX or CHARON-AXP). If you use a physical disk then Windows sees it as an unformatted disk. For the physical disk you put a line in your CHARON Configuration file like; set DUA container[1]="\\.\PhysicalDrive2" then VMS will see DUA1 and DUA1 will be what Windows calls PhysicalDrive2. VMS can mirror these disks, share these disks in a cluster environment or do anything else you want to do that a hardware VAX or hardware Alpha would do. You can shadow a system disk the same way you shadow a system disk on a hardware VAX. I have installed CHARON-VAX at a few customers where management have told the VMS people that they are buying CHARON but the VMS people were not yet convinced that CHARON would work. We get CHARON installed and the VMS person starts asking questions like, "On a VAX I do a SHOW DEVICE at the dead sergeant prompt, how do I do it on the emulator?" I answer "The same way." We go through this a half dozen times or so and the answer is always "The same way." Each time I have been in this situation I always smile when the person I am working with announces to his co-workers that it is a VAX. Peter Weaver www.weaverconsulting.ca www.openvmsvirtualization.com www.vaxvirtualization.com www.alphavirtualization.com Winner of the 2007 OpenVMS.org Readers' Choice Award for System Management/Performance ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 2008 06:44:40 -0500 From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) Subject: RE: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Message-ID: In article , "Main, Kerry" writes: > > Simon, > > Not sure if these will be of use, but just in case: > > TCPIP Online doc's: (V5.6 to V5.3) > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip56.html > > HP C for OpenVMS (V7.3 and V6.5 - Vax) > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/c/c_index.html > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/c/index_I64.html (HP C V7.3) > > HP DCPS: > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/dcps24.html > Thanks Kerry, but the frustration has been trying to find out why I have not been getting things on my contract that I've been paying for. I _finally_ have answers to many of my questions and hopefully the remaining ones will be answered in the not too distant future. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:58:04 -0400 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" Subject: Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Message-ID: Simon Clubley wrote: > In article , "Main, Kerry" writes: >> Simon, >> >> Not sure if these will be of use, but just in case: >> >> TCPIP Online doc's: (V5.6 to V5.3) >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip56.html >> >> HP C for OpenVMS (V7.3 and V6.5 - Vax) >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/c/c_index.html >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/c/index_I64.html (HP C V7.3) >> >> HP DCPS: >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/dcps24.html >> > > Thanks Kerry, but the frustration has been trying to find out why I have > not been getting things on my contract that I've been paying for. > > I _finally_ have answers to many of my questions and hopefully the remaining > ones will be answered in the not too distant future. > A DEC/Compaq/HP service contract requires EXTREMELY careful scrutiny! If you don't you will be paying for stuff you removed from service three years ago, stuff you NEVER had, etc. I found it worthwhile to create a database that listed every piece of equipment. I had fields for manufacturer, model, serial number, location, system it was part of/used with, and the line number on the service contract. This saved me an immense amount of time when service contract renewal time arrived! With the database, it was trivial to verify that I actually had each item on the contract. Another helpful field was the response time I was entitled to. It helped me keep DEC/etc on their toes and it helped me to ensure that I wasn't paying any more than I needed to; e.g. test and development did not rate four hour response but production did! ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 2008 10:32:13 -0500 From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) Subject: Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Message-ID: In article , "Richard B. Gilbert" writes: > Simon Clubley wrote: >> >> Thanks Kerry, but the frustration has been trying to find out why I have >> not been getting things on my contract that I've been paying for. >> >> I _finally_ have answers to many of my questions and hopefully the remaining >> ones will be answered in the not too distant future. >> > > A DEC/Compaq/HP service contract requires EXTREMELY careful scrutiny! > If you don't you will be paying for stuff you removed from service three > years ago, stuff you NEVER had, etc. > Hello Richard, The issue here were not items that I had dropped from the contract, but only to have it reappear, but items that HP should have been shipping, and had not been. Anyway, as of this afternoon, it's all finally been sorted out. Thanks to everyone who emailed me privately with comments and suggestions; they were appreciated. Simon. -- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:42:57 -0400 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" Subject: Re: VMS layered products paper documentation updates problem ? Message-ID: Simon Clubley wrote: > In article , "Richard B. Gilbert" writes: >> Simon Clubley wrote: >>> Thanks Kerry, but the frustration has been trying to find out why I have >>> not been getting things on my contract that I've been paying for. >>> >>> I _finally_ have answers to many of my questions and hopefully the remaining >>> ones will be answered in the not too distant future. >>> >> A DEC/Compaq/HP service contract requires EXTREMELY careful scrutiny! >> If you don't you will be paying for stuff you removed from service three >> years ago, stuff you NEVER had, etc. >> > > Hello Richard, > > The issue here were not items that I had dropped from the contract, but > only to have it reappear, but items that HP should have been shipping, > and had not been. > > Anyway, as of this afternoon, it's all finally been sorted out. > > Thanks to everyone who emailed me privately with comments and suggestions; > they were appreciated. > > Simon. > Glad you got it straightened out but DON'T RELAX!! The service contract is an annual struggle. I don't think I EVER saw a contract renewal that was completely correct! More than once I was told that the equipment I wanted service for was not under contract and was forced to cite the line number in the contract before DEC/Compaq/HP would concede that my equipment was, indeed, covered by the contract. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:12:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Len Whitwer Subject: Re: Wanted: VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU Module Message-ID: <8d8e1789-476f-4f78-92f5-7787d7af873b@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com> On Jun 21, 9:09=A0am, vaxorcist wrote: > Help, > > the central server of my VAX/VMS-Cluster has died (apoplectic stroke)! > > Now I'm urgently looking for a VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU > module (will trade for other DEC hardware or moderate payment; > hobbyist use only). > > Furthermore I'm looking for DSSI disks and tapes as well as KFQSA DSSI- > QBus adapters. > > Many thanks to all those who consider giving away parts from their > unused / stocked > DEC hardware! > > Regards, > > Ulli > > P.S. > I live in Germany Hi Ulli: We have that system in stock and can get it pre-tested per your configuration. You might also consider a VAX4000-100 which is much smaller, has DSSI buss and a lot less expensive to ship. Please contact me directly and we can work out a trade or outright purchase. Regards, Len Whitwer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:15:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Len Whitwer Subject: Re: Wanted: VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU Module Message-ID: <8bc9ed5c-81ad-46b3-bd1d-91ccf7014965@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com> On Jun 23, 9:12=A0am, Len Whitwer wrote: > On Jun 21, 9:09=A0am, vaxorcist wrote: > > > > > > > Help, > > > the central server of my VAX/VMS-Cluster has died (apoplectic stroke)! > > > Now I'm urgently looking for a VAX4000-400/500/600 KA675/680/690 CPU > > module (will trade for other DEC hardware or moderate payment; > > hobbyist use only). > > > Furthermore I'm looking for DSSI disks and tapes as well as KFQSA DSSI- > > QBus adapters. > > > Many thanks to all those who consider giving away parts from their > > unused / stocked > > DEC hardware! > > > Regards, > > > Ulli > > > P.S. > > I live in Germany > > Hi Ulli: > > We have that system in stock and can get it pre-tested per > your configuration. You might also consider a VAX4000-100 > which is much smaller, has DSSI buss and a lot less expensive > to ship. > > Please contact me directly and we can work out a trade or > outright purchase. > > Regards, > > Len Whitwer- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Forgot contact info: -Len Whitwer Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc. 19501 144th Ave. NE Suite D-100 Woodinville, WA 98072 e-mail mailto:len@psds.com Internet: http://www.psds.com Toll Free: (866)857-0710 Tel: (425) 488-0710 Fax: (425) 488-6414 ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.349 ************************