Unique DEC VAX System now available in Minneapolis, MN

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http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/sys/4595287377.html A complete, clean, and working DEC VAX data center is available for pick-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is scheduled to go to recycling in a week. Act fast if you are interested. THIS SYSTEM DESERVES TO BE RESCUED. NO REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE TURNED DOWN. It includes two VAXen (a VAX 4300 and 4400) actually comes in two BA440 cabinets, clustered with a BA356 6-disk RAID array. The Vaxen have a full complement of memory, disk drives, cards in the Q-Bus chassis, and cables and terminators to connect to everything - including the networking hardware to connect your VAXen to your wireless network. Included is a stand-alone CD-ROM drive, and stand-alone 4mm DAT, DLT, and 1/2" 9-track tape drives and related cables, media and accessories. Included is a floor standing Printronix 6280L high-speed Line Printer, PFE 1190 & 1172 burster and decollator for processing its printouts, and related media and accessories. Of course, what this VAX would be complete without the operator terminal quietly resting atop the cabinets? Included is the DEC VT520 serial terminal, and a LA75 companion printer for printing from the terminal. Four 525 terminals are also included. I've included the OpenVMS 7.3 hobbyist CD, and a complete set of OpenVMS 7.2 product and documentation CDs for you to load under the OpenVMS Hobbyist license available free online. The VAXen can also support OpenBSD or NetBSD Unix, with some configuration work on your part. There are numerous spares and extras. This lot includes: System and Programming books, lots of spares and QBUS boards, VAX and PDP-11 Programming cards, and even a complete set of PDP-11 system QBUS board set for the technically adventurous! (See the "Detailed Description" below) These machines are fun - I hate to sell them. But look, if you're serious about computers, or if you're a collector, it's time to get a VAX data center! LOCAL PICK-UP ONLY. This lot is large and heavy.. A truck with a lift gate will be required. Sold as a COMPLETE lot on an AS-IS basis, and cannot accept offers to part it out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detailed Description of what is included: QTY PART ID DESCRIPTION DEC VAX 4000 SYSTEMS 1 VAX 4300 Base System - KA670, BA440 - with MS690 compatible backplane The VAX 4000 Model 300, code-named "Pele", KA670-AA CPU module containing a 35.71 MHz (28 ns cycle time) Rigel chip set with a 128 KB external secondary cache protected by ECC built from 84 ns SRAM. It supports one to four MS670-B (32 MB) or MS670-C (64 MB) memory modules for 32 to 256 MB of memory 1 VAX 4400 Base System - KA675, BA440 The VAX 4000 Model 400, code-named "Omega", uses the KA675 CPU module containing a 63 MHz (16 ns) NVAX microprocessor with 128 KB of external tertiary cache. It supports one to four MS-690 memory modules for 16 to 512 MB of memory DEC MEMORY MS6XX MODULES 2 MS670-C L4001-C, 64MB for VAX 4300 1 MS670-B L4001-B Compatible (DATARAM) 32MB for VAX 4300 5 MS690-C L4004-C, 64MB for VAX 4400 and above DEC DSSI DISK DRIVES (DSSI is the VAX's Proprietary SCSI-like Interface) 2 RF72 Internal 1GB DSSI Drives 4 RF73 Internal DSSI 2GB Drives (1 with a disk error) 1 RF74 Internal DSSI 3.6GB Drive DEC DSSI CONTROLLER MODULES 2 KFQSA QBUS DSSI Host Adapters 2 KFQSA Kit KFQSA BA440/SBOX Distribution panels for connecting DSSI cables DEC DSSI CABLES & TERMINATORS 2 BC21M-09 DSSI Cables, 9' For R215 Box, 17-02152-03 5 BC29S-06 DSSI Cables, 6', 17-0385501, new unused 9 12-29258-01 DSSI Terminators/Fuses DEC RAID STORAGE ARRAY 1 HDS10 DSSI to FSE SCSI-2 RAID Array Controller 1 BA-356-KA SCSI-2 SABB BOX, UW 6 RZ1CF-VW 4.3GB UW DRIVES (Array Disks) 2 BC29R-09 DSSI Cables, 9', to connect VAX 4000 Cluster to Array Controller DEC SCSI TAPE & CD-ROM DRIVES 2 TK70 Internal DLT II Tape Drives (not recently used-working condition unknown) 1 TSZ07-DA External 1/2" Tape PE/GCR 9 Track 100IPS with Enclosure 1 TSZ07 As Above w/o Enclosure (Requires skew calibration to function) 1 TLZ06-DA External 4GM, 4mm DAT 1 RRD42-DA ExternalCD ROM, 600MB DEC SCSI CONTROLLER MODULES 1 TQK70 M7559 Q-Bus TK70 Controller 1 17-01363-01 TK70 Round Cable 3 KZSQA DEC SCSI Controller for BA440/SBOX DEC SCSI CABLES 2 BCP06P-02 2' SCSI I Angle-Angle Cable 1 BCP06P-06 6' SCSI I Angle-Angle Cable 2 BCP06P-09 9' SCSI I Angle-Angle Cable 8 H8574-A SE SCSI Terminators 2 BELKIN BELKIN SE SCSI Terminators PERTEC 1/2"TAPE DRIVES 2 1260 Qualstar 1260 Tabletop 1/2" 9-Track Tape Drive PE/GCR 1 OD3201 Overland Data Tabletop 1/2" 9-Track Tape Drive PE 1/2"TAPE CONTROLLERS 1 TSV05-AA DEC Pertec Tape Controller PE,BA440/SBOX compatible 1 KLESI-SA DEC TU81-Plus Controller, TMSCP, 1 Drive 1 DQ3153 DILOG Pertec Interface, TMSCP, 4 drives, BA440/SBOX MEDIA& CONSUMMABLES 32 Media DLT Tape Cartridges (used - need to be deguassed before use) 53 Media 1/2" 9-track Reel Tapes - 15 2400' (new), 22 2400' (used), 16 800' (used) 3 Media 4mm DAT Tapes, 90m (new) 1 Bottle Tape Head Cleaner (Alcohol) to clean tape drive read/write heads TAPE DEGAUSSING ASSESSORY 1 TD-1B Audiolab TD-1B Tape Degausser for erasing, and conditioning tapes DEC TERMINALS 1 VT520-A4 Console Terminal, White, Multisession (Screen burn) 1 LK411-AA OpenVMS Keyboard US/English for VT520 4 VT525 Multisession Terminal Boxes, SVGA & PS2 Keyboard connections DEC & PRINTRONIX PRINTERS 1 LA75 Companion Printer,9-pin, DEC ANSI, IBM Proprinter emulation 1 P6280L Printronix 6280- FLOOR CABINET 800LPM MATRIX LINE PRINTER, QMS MAGNUM 4000 GRAPHICS CONTROLLER (includes manuals) PRINT ACCESSORIES 1 EPS1 External Lantronix EPS1 PRINT SERVER to Network P628OL 1 PFE 1190 Continuous Feed Burster, 300 sheets or forms/Minute 1 PFE 1172 Tabletop Decollator separates 2-part forms prior to bursting PRINTER MEDIA 5 LA75 Ink LA75 Printer Ribbon Cartridges (new) 1 P6280 Ink Printronix Ribbon Cartridge (new) 2 Boxes 8.5 x 11 Continuous Feed Sheets DEC COMMUNICATIONS MODULES 1 CXY08 M3119-YA, 8-line Async Mux 1 DELQA M7516-PA, QBUS Ethernet 1 DELQAKit DELQA BA440/SBOX Distribution Panel for Ethernet connection COMMUNICATIONS CABLES & ACCESSORIES 2 BC19N-12 DEC CXY08 cables, 12', 4 RS232 each, Modem 4 BC16E-10 DEC MMJ Terminal Cables, 10' 2 10BASE-T St. Clair & Cabletron 10BASE-T Transceivers 1 HS5T Hawking 5-port 10/100 Ethernet Switch 1 HWBA54G Hawking Wireless Access Point 802.11g 10/100 DEC MISCELLANEOUS COMPONENTS 1 KA681 SPARE VAX 4500A CPU Board w. Cache Memory error - Possibly Repairable 1 RF73 ISA, Internal 2GB Drives with a disk error - Possibly Repairable 1 36-33152-08 SPARE BA440 Fan Assembly (1 fan of 2 bad) 11 70-23981-01 PLC Blank Filler Brackets 6 70-27049-02 Filler Plates, DSSI Covers 5 70-27049-01 RF-ISA Bezel/Drive Control Panels 1 70-27050-02 TK70 Bezel Assembly 1 H3604 SPARE Console Bulkhead Assembly (broken hinge) 1 RZ35 DEC Internal 852MB 50-pin 3 unknown DEC RF7x Sled Mounts 1 TC13 EMULEX Unibus Tape Controller MANUALS & BOOKS 1 set OpenVMS Documentation for v7.2 on CDROM 1 Printronix Printer Operations Manual 1 QMS Magnum 4000 Graphics (for Printronix) Manual 2 PDP-11 Programming Cards 1 PDP-11 Peripherals Handbook 1 ISBN:1-55558-279-6 Getting Started with OpenVMS 1 ISBN:1-55558-267-2 Linux & OpenVMS Interoperability 1 ISBN:1-55558-276-1 Unix for OpenVMS Users 1 ISBN:0-13-942152-1 VAX Assembly Language 1 AV-D827C-TE VAX-11 Programming Card 1 112-00871-2287 PDP-11 Processor handbook 1 ISBN:0-442-25428-8 FORTRAN 77 1 ISBN:0-201-13799-2 Programming in Ada 1 ISBN:0-387-90887-0 Reference Manual for the ADA Programming Language 1 ISBN:0-387-90628-2 Studies in Ada Style 1 ISBN:0-387-91136-7 A Practical Introduction to Pascal 1 ISBN:0-387-90144-2 Pascal User Manual and Report 1 ISBN:1-56884-780-7 CGI Programming with Perl 5 1 ISBN:1-55828-212-2 Using X 1 ISBN:91-7372-490-4 LISP-details INTERLISP OPENVMS SYSTEM SOFTWARE & APPLICATIONS 1 OPenVMS Hobbyist Kit OpenVMS 7.3 and Selected Applications (see: http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/) 1 OpenVMS CDs OpenVMS June 2000 Software Library CDs (All DEC applications) 1 OpenVMS CDs Downloaded Applications Available Freeware Download at http://www.openvms.org/pages.php?page=OpenSource NOTE: To use the above software, buyer needs to get free licenses at http://plato.ccsscorp.com/hobbyist_registration.php3 UNIX SYSTEM SOFTWARE & APPLICATIONS Available NETBSD http://www.netbsd.org/ports/vax/index.html Available OPENBSD http://openbsd.com/vax.html *INCLUDED FOR THE VERY VERY TECHNICALLY ADVENTUROUS* http://fixunix.com/dec/98110-pdp-11-ba440-box-print.html PDP-11 Board, MEMORY & Cabinet Kits Available BSD V2.11 http://minnie.tuhs.org/PUPS/index.html 1 M8190-AB DEC KDJ11-B QBUS22 15Mhz PDP-11 CPU unusable socket for FPJ11 2 MSV11-JE DEC M8637, QBUS22, PDP-11 2MB ECC PMI RAM (Total of 4MB) 1 KFQSA QBUS DSSI Host Adapter emulating a QDA/UDA50 to RFx Drives 1 DQ142 DILOG Pertec tape Interface, TS11, 4 drives, QBUS 1 70-21150-02 DEC BA23 Cabinet Distribution Panel 1 70-22892-01 DEC PDP-11/84 Console Cab Kit