This page contains my notes relating to my struggles with vintage DEC equipment. The items here document my "key learnings" as I acquire and attempt to fire up various DEC equipment and associated software. It is my sincerest hope that someone out there can save a few hair pulling hours by referencing the material here.

System Title Updated
VMS Installing VMS 7.3 on a 4000/VLC (aka, "Compared to Windows, that was easy!") 02/22/2008
VMS Getting "Adventure" to Run (aka, "A Lesson in Text Files") 01/02/2008
VMS Getting that DECserver 200 Working (aka, "Adventures in MOP and LAT") 01/05/2008
VMS Getting that DECserver 300 Working (aka, "Where's the Firmware") 02/22/2008
VMS Resetting the System Password (aka, "Sold as-is, Password Unknown")
VMS Installing new Memory (aka, "What? SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN.COM?")

The Marmotking isn't an expert at anything and has been know to merely pretend to be one. Mostly he just fumbles around until he gets something working. If you find inaccuracies in these pages, be sure to let me know. Feedback is always appreciated!