XPost: comp.sys.dec   
   From: mcguire@lssmuseum.org   
      
   On 11/29/25 18:42, Arne Vajhøj 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.   
      
      The last supported release on the 780 is 6.2, but I'd bet 7.3 would   
   run.  I base that on the fact that we ran 7.3 on our VAX-11/750 a few   
   years ago, and the last supported release for that is also 6.2.   
      
                 -Dave   
      
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   Dave McGuire, President/Curator   
   Large Scale Systems Museum   
   New Kensington, PA   
      
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