The-Grue@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi! I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
> Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? Or, as an alternative, does
> anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
> install if it requires an older version? Thanks!
>
> James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)
> http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle


Check the Software Product Description. It should tell you what
hardware is supported. Hardware that is not supported MAY work anyway!

In article <47EBC406.2020002@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" writes:
>The-Grue@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hi! I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
>> Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? Or, as an alternative, does
>> anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
>> install if it requires an older version? Thanks!
>>
>> James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)
>> http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle
>
>
>Check the Software Product Description. It should tell you what
>hardware is supported. Hardware that is not supported MAY work anyway!
>

The AlphaStation 200 is supported with VMS 8.3 see

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms831hquickspecs.pdf

page 43

VMS has a long tradition of continuing to support the latest OS versions on
older hardware.

Only a handfull of Alpha systems have had support dropped with more recent OS
versions

Dec 2000 Models 300/500
Tadpole AlphaBook 1

only supported upto and including VMS 7.3-1


DEC 4000 Models 600/700
DEC 10000 Model 600
Alphaserver 400
Alphaserver 2000

only supported upto and including VMS 8.2



David Webb
Security team leader
CCSS
Middlesex University

On Mar 27, 11:52 am, The-G...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi! I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
> Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? Or, as an alternative, does
> anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
> install if it requires an older version? Thanks!
>
> James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle

I have an AlphaStation 200 4/233 that I just installed from the latest
hobbyist kit. It works fine but you'll want as large a disk as you
can find to install it on. It will probably take the bulk of a RZ28
once you get some products installed on it. My system has an RZ29 for
the system disk.

On Mar 27, 9:22*am, davi...@alpha1.mdx.ac.uk wrote:
> In article <47EBC406.2020...@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" writes:
>
> >The-G...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Hi! *I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
> >> Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? *Or, as an alternative, does
> >> anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
> >> install if it requires an older version? *Thanks!
>
> >> James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)
> >>http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle
>
> >Check the Software Product Description. *It should tell you what
> >hardware is supported. *Hardware that is not supported MAY work anyway!
>
> The AlphaStation 200 is supported with VMS 8.3 see
>
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms831hquickspecs.pdf
>
> page 43
>
> VMS has a long tradition of continuing to support the latest OS versions on
> older hardware.
>
> Only a handfull of Alpha systems have had support dropped with more recentOS
> versions
>
> Dec 2000 Models 300/500
> Tadpole AlphaBook 1
>
> only supported upto and including VMS 7.3-1
>
> DEC 4000 Models 600/700
> DEC 10000 Model 600
> Alphaserver 400
> Alphaserver 2000
>
> only supported upto and including VMS 8.2
>
> David Webb
> Security team leader
> CCSS
> Middlesex University

Thanks for the link. It didn't work, but I found the document here:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/831h1quickspecs.pdf. Time to go
order some media!

James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)
http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle

david20@alpha1.mdx.ac.uk wrote:
> In article <47EBC406.2020002@comcast.net>, "Richard B. Gilbert" writes:
>
>>The-Grue@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Hi! I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
>>>Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? Or, as an alternative, does
>>>anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
>>>install if it requires an older version? Thanks!
>>>
>>>James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)
>>>http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle
>>
>>
>>Check the Software Product Description. It should tell you what
>>hardware is supported. Hardware that is not supported MAY work anyway!
>>
>
>
> The AlphaStation 200 is supported with VMS 8.3 see
>
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms831hquickspecs.pdf
>
> page 43
>
> VMS has a long tradition of continuing to support the latest OS versions on
> older hardware.
>
> Only a handfull of Alpha systems have had support dropped with more recent OS
> versions
>
> Dec 2000 Models 300/500
> Tadpole AlphaBook 1
>
> only supported upto and including VMS 7.3-1
>
>
> DEC 4000 Models 600/700
> DEC 10000 Model 600
> Alphaserver 400
> Alphaserver 2000
>

I have an

$ sho cpu/full

System: NOMAR, AlphaServer 2000 4/275

SMP execlet = 3 : Enabled : Streamlined.
Config tree = None
Primary CPU = 0
HWRPB CPUs = 4
Page Size = 8192
Revision Code =
Serial Number = NI649xxxxxxx
Default CPU Capabilities:
System: QUORUM RUN
Default Process Capabilities:
System: QUORUM RUN

CPU 0 State: RUN CPUDB: 82018000 Handle: * None *
Process: * None *
Capabilities:
System: PRIMARY QUORUM RUN RAD0
Slot Context: 853B2180
CPU - State..........: RC, PA, PP, CV, PV, PMV, PL
Type...........: EV45 (21064A), Pass 1.1
Speed..........: 275 Mhz
Variation......: VAX FP, IEEE FP, Primary Eligible
Serial Number..:
Revision.......:
Halt Request...: 0
Software Comp..: 2.1
PALCODE - Revision Code..: 5.56-01
Compatibility..: 7
Max Shared CPUs: 4
Memory Space..: Physical = 00000000.00000000 Length = 0
Scratch Space..: Physical = 00000000.00000000 Length = 0
Bindings: * None *
Fastpath: * None *
Features:
Autostart - Enabled.
Fastpath - Selection enabled as Preferred CPU.

CPU 1 State: RUN CPUDB: 8205F980 Handle: * None *
Process: John_RTA1 PID: 0000011B
Capabilities:
System: QUORUM RUN RAD0
Slot Context: 853B2400
CPU - State..........: RC, PA, PP, CV, PV, PMV, PL
Type...........: EV45 (21064A), Pass 1.1
Speed..........: 275 Mhz
Variation......: VAX FP, IEEE FP
Serial Number..:
Revision.......:
Halt Request...: 0
Software Comp..: 2.1
PALCODE - Revision Code..: 5.56-01
Compatibility..: 7
Max Shared CPUs: 4
Memory Space..: Physical = 00000000.00000000 Length = 0
Scratch Space..: Physical = 00000000.00000000 Length = 0
Bindings: * None *
Fastpath:
EWA0
BG0
Features:
Autostart - Enabled.
Fastpath - Selection enabled as Preferred CPU.

> only supported upto and including VMS 8.2
>

Running on VMS V8.3. No problems. I had no idea it was not
supported. (This is a demo system running under DSPP licenses,
other the the VMS base license, so has no support contract.)

>
>
> David Webb
> Security team leader
> CCSS
> Middlesex University


--
John Santos
Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
781-861-0670 ext 539

pfaut wrote:
> On Mar 27, 11:52 am, The-G...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>Hi! I have an AlphaStation 200 and I am wondering if the new Hobbyist
>>Alpha VMS CD will work with my Alpha? Or, as an alternative, does
>>anyone in the Seattle area have media that I could borrow to do the
>>install if it requires an older version? Thanks!
>>
>>James T. Sprinkle (The Grue)http://www.myspace.com/jamestsprinkle
>
>
> I have an AlphaStation 200 4/233 that I just installed from the latest
> hobbyist kit. It works fine but you'll want as large a disk as you
> can find to install it on. It will probably take the bulk of a RZ28
> once you get some products installed on it. My system has an RZ29 for
> the system disk.

I have an AlphaStation 200 4/100 at home (hobbyist) with a pair of RZ26
(1 GB). It is painfully tight. I had to delete the dump file to have
enough room to install VMS83A_UPDATE-V0600 yesterday. I plan to
install an RZ29 as soon as I can get around to it.

I installed VMS from the real V8.3 CDs borrowed from work, not from
the hobbyist CDs, so I can't guarantee that would work.


--
John Santos
Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
781-861-0670 ext 539

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:10:28 -0700, John Santos wrote:

> Type...........: EV45 (21064A), Pass 1.1

That is old! Count the number of instructions to do
c = a + b; /* all 16 bit integers */

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