Re: DEC 3000/800

In article <1161886423.202990.192200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Leonardo" <leonardossaenz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Recently acquired a pristine DEC 3000/800 tower system (model H7883-YA)
that was last used in a University research lab. On powering it, I
found that OpenVMS 6.2 is currently installed. I have no passwords to
log in. I could install OpenVMS 7.3.1 or Digital UNIX V3.2G. Does
anybody have an opinion which OS is better suited for this machine. My
experience is mostly with SGI machines. Would greatly appreciate any
advice.

I'd recommend OpenVMS. The latest version, V8.3, released a few months
ago, is supported on this system. V8.3 is quite a bit nicer than V6.2,
which must be about a decade old now.

64 MB of RAM is probably the minimum practical; 128 MB would be better.
The system takes a maximum of 1 GB.

I found V8.3 would run in 40 MB, but I didn't really put any load on the system.

Someone already pointed you to the FAQ, which will tell you how to do a
conversational boot so you can log in without the password.

Look at the OpenVMS Hobbyist program for VMS licenses, if you need them.
.

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