Now returned from vacation in southen Germany (warmer than the uk) and
wading through 500+ emails.
Well the good news is that 8.3 _will _install on the 3000 - 600. It
boots every time now.
The problem is its verry fussy about the CD drive you use.
Borrowing a nearly new genuine DEC RRD drive from another alpha finally
did it.
Next job up is to key in the PAK for TCP/IP and pull the whole PAK .cmd
file over and run it.
Rod
On 08/09/2015 09:58, Huw Davies wrote:
I don’t have access to the same resources I used to, but a bell ringing in my
head says that V8.3 might have been supported on the 3000/400 as an upgrade but
not as an original install.
ISTR that the problem was running out of space on the CD to support booting
older systems.
As I said, this comes from memory so I could well be wrong…
Huw
On 8 Sep 2015, at 12:52 am, Sean Caron <sca...@umich.edu> wrote:
I have a 3000/400 and I was never able to get 8.3 to install on it ... I
don't think I was ever able to get it to even boot from the 8.3 media (with
most recent firmware) ... I just dropped back to V7.3 and it works great.
Best,
Sean
On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Mark Wickens <m...@wickensonline.co.uk>
wrote:
I was quite surprised about 8.3 supporting the DEC 3000/600 AXP, however
looking at the Quickspecs you appear to be right.
http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx%2Fc04154442.pdf
However, I don't see any Turbochannel graphics adapters listed as
supported, only the following:
Graphics Options
PBXGK
ELSA/GLoria Synergy+ graphics option that provides 2D acceleration for
supported PCI-based
Alpha Workstations and Servers.
PBXGD
PowerStorm 300/500 graphics option that provides 3D acceleration or 3D
acceleration with
stereo viewing capabilities for supported PCI-based Alpha Workstations and
Servers.
PBXGF
3DLabs OXYGEN VX1 graphics option that provides 2D acceleration for
supported PCI-based
Alpha Workstations and Servers.
PBXGG
ATI RADEON 7500 2D and 3D, PCI and AGP graphics option
So you might be out of luck on that front.
Mark.
On 07/09/15 10:16, Rod Smallwood wrote:
I thought it might be nice to have a DEC based graphics work station.
I had the Alpha, a high res monitor and the Hobbyist Media CD for
ALPHAVMS 8,3. (yes the system supports 8.3)
SFSG .. So CD in the drive and switch on. First a nice colour graphics
demo/test.
Then the nomal system level stuff. >>> prompt, enter SHO DEV and our CD
drive shows as DKA400 just where it should be.
So Boot DKA400: and off we go. After a while a menu appears from which
you can load layered products you need.
It gets part way through the load and falls over with a data error. The
cd is a real bought and paid for Media CD and is not a copy.
Before I do a lot of tedious emaling (HP have taken the Hobbyist program
in house) has anybody successfully loaded an Alpha with ALPHA VMS 8.3?
Regards
Rod
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