It depends on which OS he actually wants to run. Some one recently posted info on old versions of VMS on the VMS Usenet Newsgroup which might be appropriate. Otherwise, as I am sure Rob knows there is a lot of stuff on Vaxhaven
Dave. > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt via > cctalk > Sent: 02 April 2019 17:40 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org>; Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> > Subject: Re: MV II help > > I will reply to email. > > > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:21 PM +0100, "Al Kossow via cctalk" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > can anyone help this guy out? > > From: Benjamin Carlson > 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 > > > > > >