Just replaced two MicroVAX 3300's in two different manufacturing plants in Mexico. They never had really any problems. The OS was installed in Apr of 89 and are still running fine (did have to run a couple of "defrags" on some of the disks). The only hardware, THE ONLY HARDWARE ever replaced ever was a couple of TZ-85/6 drives tape drives (DLT's) and a keyboard. Sadly they were replaced with four W2K servers, of course the maintenance for them from Compaq was about $30K a year. On the other hand the line PC's are 486's and even a 386. Of course I was laid off after replacing the relics...
Slashdot Mirror
Just replaced two MicroVAX 3300's in two different manufacturing plants in Mexico. They never had really any problems. The OS was installed in Apr of 89 and are still running fine (did have to run a couple of "defrags" on some of the disks). The only hardware, THE ONLY HARDWARE ever replaced ever was a couple of TZ-85/6 drives tape drives (DLT's) and a keyboard. Sadly they were replaced with four W2K servers, of course the maintenance for them from Compaq was about $30K a year. On the other hand the line PC's are 486's and even a 386. Of course I was laid off after replacing the relics...