7 Apr
2010
7 Apr
'10
10:13 a.m.
For the right price, I could part with my one 8200, but
it would
obviously need a KA825 rather than a KA820.
I have an 8350 in the garage, complete and working, and I guess I'd part
with it too for enough money. I'd hate to see it go, though - it's a unique
machine in several respects. First, AFAIK it's the smallest VAXBI
"mainframe" and therefore the only BI bus machine that I'm ever likely to
have as a pet. It's also the only multi-processor VAX system that I have.
Gotta love that VAXBI mechanical design, too, what with no cables
connected directly to the cards. It's a really easy machine to work on and
swap parts in. You have to remove a ton of screws to get the cover off,
though, and after all that it won't run with the cover removed anyway (the
airflow sensors trip and shutdown the machine w/o a cover).
Bob