Hi,
Thanks - I saw that tape. It's VAX alright but it's tape 2/2. It boots but doesn't have the VMS install save sets. Here's the contents:
$ dir mua0:[000000]
Directory MUA0:[]
VMB.EXE;1 SYSBOOT.EXE;1 OPEN_INDEX.DAT;1
SYS.EXE;14 VAXVMSSYS.PAR;1 EXEC_INIT.EXE;2
SYSTEM_DEBUG.EXE;1 SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES.EXE;2
SYSTEM_PRIMITIVES_MIN.EXE;2 SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI.EXE;2
PRIMITIVE_IO.EXE;2 ERRORLOG.EXE;2 PDDRIVER.EXE;2
TTDRIVER.EXE;1 SYS$SCS.EXE;3 SYSLOA8NN.EXE;3
SYSLOA8PS.EXE;3 SYSLOA8SS.EXE;3 SYSLOAUV1.EXE;3
SYSLOAWS1.EXE;3 SYSLOAUV2.EXE;3 SYSLOAWS2.EXE;3
SYSLOAWSD.EXE;3 SYSLOA650.EXE;3 SYSLOA65D.EXE;3
SYSLOA640.EXE;3 SYSLOA64D.EXE;3 SYSLOA670.EXE;3
SYSLOA67D.EXE;3 SYSLOA660.EXE;3 SYSLOA66D.EXE;3
SYSLOA690.EXE;3 SYSLOA69D.EXE;3 SYSLOA410.EXE;3
SYSLOA41W.EXE;3 SYSLOA41D.EXE;3 SYSLOA9RR.EXE;3
SYSLOA9CC.EXE;3 SYSLOA1202.EXE;3 SYSLOA1302.EXE;3
SYSLOA60.EXE;3 SYSLOA420.EXE;3 SYSLOA42W.EXE;3
SYSLOA42D.EXE;3 SYSLOA42S.EXE;3 SYSLOA43.EXE;3
SYSLOA43W.EXE;3 SYSLOA43D.EXE;3 SYSLOA43S.EXE;3
SYSLOA440.EXE;3 SYSLOA46.EXE;3 SYSLOA49.EXE;3
SYSLOA520.EXE;3 SYSLOA1701.EXE;3 SYSLOA1303.EXE;3
VAXEMUL.EXE;1 FPEMUL.EXE;1 PROCESS_MANAGEMENT.EXE;2
IO_ROUTINES.EXE;2 EVENT_FLAGS_AND_ASTS.EXE;2
IMAGE_MANAGEMENT.EXE;2 WORKING_SET_MANAGEMENT.EXE;2
PAGE_MANAGEMENT.EXE;2 LOCKING.EXE;2
SECURITY.EXE;2 LOGICAL_NAMES.EXE;2 EXCEPTION.EXE;2
MESSAGE_ROUTINES.EXE;2 SYSDEVICE.EXE;2
SYSGETSYI.EXE;2 SYSLICENSE.EXE;2 CPULOA.EXE;1
GDDRIVER.EXE;2 PSEUDOLOA.EXE;10 EOVMS.NUL;1
DECW060.C;1 DECW060.D;1 DECW060.E;1
DECW060.F;1
Total of 79 files.