My college (James Madison University) had a VAXcluster when I was a student there 1984-87. Started off with an 11/785, 11/780, and 11/750; by the time I graduated they'd moved up to an 8650, 8600, and the 11/785. As a student operator and Computer Information Systems major, I LOVED those things. Super-easy to work with, far easier than IBM's stuff. Manning the help desk was never easy, but it was a lot easier trying to get the psych majors who were taking a computer stats class up and running on VAX/VMS instead of on, say, MVS.
Later on I worked briefly with a company that was trying to hook an early Windows PC network (circa 1992) running Gupta SQLWindows up with a MicroVAX II as a file server. The Wintel network wasn't capable of doing what they wanted it to do, but that little VAX was absolutely bulletproof.
I've got a soft spot in my heart for those things. :)
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i configured the first state-owned mixed architecture VMS cluster (VAX/Alpha). a lot of unsupported stuff could be made workable under VMS. it was fun in those days!
anybody remember pathworks?
Could you sit on the hill when you were at JMU?
If you don't know what I am talking about, the answer is "no".