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In article <16897@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> rupert@inmos.co.uk (Rupert Pigott) writes:
> I am the proud new owner of a hardly used VAX-11/785 (Installed early '87).

Getting free electricity from from somewhere?

> Questions :
> 
> 1) Can I hang the TU78 Master and RM03's on the one RH780 (at the
>    same time), the reason for doing this is that I have no other way of
>    building a working VMS on an RM03 Pack.

Yes, no problem.
 
> 2) If I was able to get hold of another (older) VAX-11/780-5 with
>    god-knows-what peripheral support; Can I boot this machine via CI780
>    from the VAX-11/785 I already have ?

I don't think so, the normal use of the CI is to share drives attached to
a HSC.  There is also some other CI based network support, but I don't know
enough about VMS to say how far you'll get.

> 3) Has anyone got VAX-11/750's, VAX-11/730's or any VAX-11/780 (s) or UNIBUS
>    stuff/cabinets/drives/machines they are getting rid of ... Drop me a line
>    I NEED spares + serious MASS storage.

In the US, RM05's are available cheaply and probably the best bet for a massbus
based system.  If your RM03's came off a DECsystem 20, you may have to change
some jumpers for 32 vs 36 bit operation and reformat any disk packs you have.

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