18 Aug
1999
18 Aug
'99
3:09 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
I just picked up two DecSystem 5500's (and about
500 TK70 tapes :-) in
BA213 cabinets. I _thought_ they were Vax 3500s but no, they have KN220
CPUs. Apparently Ultrix is loaded on them (haven't powered them up yet).
So what are they? (SPIM machines? (aka PMAX'es)) They have had some parts
"borrowed" but between the two of them I think I've got one complete system.
Ahh! Basically Qbus PMAX boxes. Neat machines. There's been talk about
sharing some Qbus stuff between NetBSD/vax and NetBSD/pmax for that machine.
Interesting design!
-Dave McGuire