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   =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM   
   29 Nov 25 18:42:26   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.dec   
   From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 11/29/2025 6:36 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > In article <10gd7ig$6g5c$1@mail.neurotica.com>,   
   > Dave McGuire   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.   
      
   According to some sources on the internet then 6.2 was last.   
      
   Which is "sort of recent" in VAX world.   
      
   Arne   
      
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