On 4/2/19 12:20 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > can anyone help this guy out? > > From: Benjamin Carlson <bcarl...@northpointdefense.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2019 9:12 AM > > Subject: Fwd: Re: MicroVAX > > Greta, my name is Ben Carlson and I am attempting to restore an old DEC > MicroVAX II for the University of Oklahoma's > collections department (see email below, Kerry is their curator). At this > point, I believe I can get the hardware > operating but I have no operating system for itas the Air Force insisted on > destroying the hard drive. I have been able > to replace the hard drive and the system has a tape drive and CD-ROM. > Do you have any idea where I might find the OS? Also, any documentation would > be great as well. > Thanks for your help! > > Benjamin Carlson, PhD, CISSP > Senior Research Engineer > North Point Defense > Rome, NY > (315)571-0221 x 1010 > >
A number of choices for OS. OpenBSD or NetBSD should still work depending on the actual configuration of the system and VMS still has a hobbyist license. bill