Yes, I found my DEC 3000 was very, very finicky about the CD-ROM drive as well ... fortunately persistence prevailed on my 3000/400 :O My experience is a little limited but the DEC 3000s do seem a little tricky to get to run right. Just gotta keep at it...
Best, Sean On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Rod Smallwood < rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Huw Davies | e-mail: huw.dav...@kerberos.davies.net.au >> Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the >> Australia | air, the sky would be painted green" >> >> >
