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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