It is running some software that looks like an application. The hostname is BANKA so I am wondering if it may have been part of some bank system? I don't recall the name right now and the machine is powered off. I'll take a look again in the morning.
Otherwise, based on the licenses on it, it has nothing besides VMS and DECnet installed. - Peter On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > Anything interesting software on the system? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 7, 2025, at 14:20, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, both ideas are good ideas. I am considering replacing the rz25, or > > adding a ZuluSCSI, that way I could assign one of the devices for > backups. > > For now, I am just trying to preserve what's on the disk now. I want to > do > > a fresh install once the CDROM arrives. It is an interesting exercise to > me. > > Right now that RZ25 is running nicely without much noise so no rush I > don't > > think, but still. > > > > - Peter > > > >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> ... and the resulting backup will be much more reliable than the one > >> written by an old tape drive (which model, by the way?) on a possibly > old > >> tape, if that ever succeeds. > >> I made especially frustration experiences using the once famous TK50 > >> drives, and even (a little) more recent DAT drives tend to fail very > often > >> nowadays. > >> One disadvantage, however, is the necessary struggle with licensing, > >> although that can be managed with a little help. > >> Another option is a backup over network WITHOUT using an operating > system > >> running on the system to be saved. Unfortunately it has up to now been > >> tested on MicroVAX I and MicroVAX II systems using a DEQNA or DELQA > network > >> adapter only. It uses a simh VAX to send a special machine language > program > >> to the backup target computer, on that the program in turn uses MSCP > >> commands to send a bit-wise disk copy back to the simh VAX. It is new, > it > >> is unconventional, but it has been successfully tested on several > MicroVAX > >> I and MicroVAX II computers. I think it is time to get out one of my > >> VAXstation 3100s (won't make any difference) and test it there. But you > >> will need to be patient – other projects have priority for the time > being. > >> To be honest - I expect the program will need adaptation to the newer > >> hardware, especially the network adapter - MSCP hasn't changed I think. > >> > >> Am So., 7. Dez. 2025 um 22:27 Uhr schrieb Antonio Carlini via cctalk < > >> [email protected]>: > >> > >>> On 07/12/2025 20:27, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk wrote: > >>>> I managed to reset the system password so now I can login as well. It > >>> runs > >>>> pretty well. > >>>> I tried to make a tape backup of what's on the disk but it seems all > my > >>>> tapes dirty-up > >>>> the head of the tape drive. Anyone know of a way to clean an actual > >> tape? > >>>> Pull all the > >>>> tape out and wipe it with a dry cloth? > >>> > >>> One option would be to create a SIMH VMS host, configure it to be in a > >>> cluster, configure your real HW uV3100 to be a satellite node (booting > >>> off a root on the SIMH host system disk), boot the uV3100 into the > >>> cluster, mount the uV3100 disk and back it up with BACKUP. > >>> > >>> That might be easier and quicker than cleaning a tape. > >>> > >>> > >>> Antonio > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Antonio Carlini > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >> >
