loptaFeb 17
It just occurred to me that I should put my emulated MicroVAX swap on a RAMdrive to speed things up. #DECVAX
Show threadAndrew BallDec 16
@a Not tried 10th ed. but open-simh emulates a VAX, which might help. #decvax #unix
Andrew BallOct 30
Woke up at 04:30 with The Cough. Rather than let that go to waste I checked on a VAXperiment that I kicked off yesterday. #NetBSD (without the optional X11) fit nicely on one disk at about 642 MB. Later today I'll add another disk, add a user and check out syssrc. #decvax
loptaMay 4, 2025
Distracted by the DEC HSC50. #decvax
loptaApr 29, 2025
Distracted by the SBI bus. #decvax
Show threadAndy BallApr 17, 2024
@abs0 Started mine unpacking pkgsrc last night. Woke up at 03:30 and it was still going. Up for the day at 06:00 and it's still going. I'm not even building anything yet. #decvax
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮Mar 27, 2024

To our knowledge, the Delta 4850 with DEC VAX 11/751 in our collection is the only one preserved. 🤗

#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #digitalheritage #nostalgia #nostalgie #museo #retrocomputing #videogiochi #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #informatica #elettronica #microprocessore #tecnica #decvax #vax #mainframe

Show threadloptaMar 24, 2024
@ncommander Surely any VAX is old enough to have questionable reliability/lifespan? Simple is good. Vaguely remember hearing the VaxStation 4000/VLC took standard SIMMs. #DECVAX
loptaMar 3, 2024
Wondering whether it would be wrong to build a very small PC for the specific purpose of emulating a DEC VAX. #decvax
Show threadMark McCahillFeb 25, 2024
@muzej
I have fond memories of the #decvax - the University of Minnesota had a couple back in the day - one ran BSD Unix and one ran VMS.