From - Thu May 13 15:52:31 1999 Received: from mx-int.mail.erols.net ([207.172.3.249]) by mta2.mail.erols.net (InterMail v03.02.07.03 118-128) with ESMTP id <19990513192802.GBSE10591@mx-int.mail.erols.net> for ; Thu, 13 May 1999 15:28:02 -0400 Received: from virtual.mail.rcn.net (virtual.mail.rcn.net [207.172.3.239]) by mx-int.mail.erols.net (8.8.8-970530/8.8.5/MX-980323-gjp) with ESMTP id PAA20800 for ; Thu, 13 May 1999 15:27:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pm06sm.pmm.cw.net ([208.159.98.155]) by virtual.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10i195-000JP2-00 for g@gce.com; Thu, 13 May 1999 15:27:51 -0400 Received: from swilnts807.wilm.fusa.com (gw1.firstusa.com [206.151.92.65]) by PM06SM.PMM.CW.NET (PMDF V5.2-29 #35324) with ESMTP id <0FBO0016XRE1AF@PM06SM.PMM.CW.NET> for g@gce.com; Thu, 13 May 1999 19:27:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: by swilnts807.wilm.fusa.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 13 May 1999 15:34:09 -0400 Content-return: allowed Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:26:42 -0400 From: "Everhart, Glenn (FUSA)" Subject: FW: Help with installing VMS (on 433a & 500a) To: "'g@gce.com'" Message-id: <4B279CF3578CD211B945009027178017BDE0B4@swilnts809.wilm.fusa.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 2130 > -----Original Message----- > From: dunnett@mala.bc.ca [SMTP:dunnett@mala.bc.ca] > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 1:32 PM > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com > Subject: Re: Help with installing VMS (on 433a & 500a) >=20 > In article <1999May13.120335.60186@ludens>,=20 > b_a_s@ludens.elte.hu (Balogh =C1d=E1m Software) writes: >=20 > > In article <7h4ram$sqf8@dragon.sk.sympatico.ca>, "Mark Dickhoff" > writes: > >> We received a personal workstation 433a and 500a with NT on them = (the a > is > >> for NT and the au is for OpenVMS). We would like to install VMS = on > them but > >> we are having problems. > >=20 > > Does OpenVMS run on the a? Not only on the au? What is the real > difference > > between the a and the au? The licenses? > >=20 >=20 > OpenVMS is not *supported* on the -a. It's unclear whether you can > buy a VMS license for the -a ( I'm pretty sure the license they sell = for > the -au would be accepted by LMF, whether it's legal to use this = license > on a -a is an issue for the lawyers ). >=20 > I'm running VMS 7.2 on a PWS 500a using a hobbyist license. It = appears > to work just fine. As I mentioned in an earlier note the choice of CD > drive and SCSI controller can be important - I'm using a SCSI CD and > a QLogic controller. I imagine other combinations also work but I = can't > comment on which ones. >=20 > It appears no-one who is in a position to know is willing/able to > discuss what the specific differences between the -a and the -au are. > My suspicion is that they are only configuration differences ( eg > what kind of disk/controller is used ) and marketing ( external > labels, etc ) . But never having seen a -au this is only a guess. >=20 > --=20 > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D > =3D=3D=3D > Malcolm Dunnett Malaspina University-College Email: > dunnett@mala.bc.ca > Information Systems Nanaimo, B.C. CANADA V9R 5S5 Tel: = (250)755-8738