VAX 11/725

[Heinz Wolter]

20 tapes? 
not so bad if loading from a pc emulated tu56 ;)
loading VMS must have been a bear as well..
what are other options if there is no ethernet?
slip/ppp? - once a basic system is loaded?
h
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Sokolov" <msokolov at ivan.Harhan.ORG>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>; <h.wolter at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 3:56 AM
Subject: Re: VAX 11/725


> Heinz Wolter <h.wolter at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if it is possible to load BSD (quasisaurus) on TU58, as I have
> > no 9 track take or ethernet on the system.
> 
> One TU58 cassette holds 256 KB of data.  The root filesystem is about
> 5 MB, /usr about 21 MB.  You do the math.  That's just the binaries, more
> for source.
> 
> MS
>