XPost: comp.sys.dec   
   From: bqt@softjar.se   
      
   On 2025-12-01 03:56, Dave McGuire wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I think the reason for the "last supported version" was that after that   
   DEC didn't have any running machines still around to test on, so they   
   couldn't say for sure it was fine. The oldest hardware that was still   
   officially supported by the last release of VMS on VAX (V7.3) was the   
   86x0, if I remember right.   
      
      Johnny   
      
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