7 Oct
2013
7 Oct
'13
7:08 p.m.
On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:18 PM, "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
On Oct 7, 2013, at 09:17 , Jerry Kemp - other <other at oryx.cc> wrote:
Why stop at 1? Many of them are pretty small. The 4000 is a decent
"office/desk-side" size model; it sits on casters, but it's smaller
than a lot of mini-fridges. The 4000/700 packs a hell of a punch,
too... it's a pretty speedy NVAX machine. All the 4000s have built-
in Ethernet and DSSI, which is a pretty nice deal. If I lived any-
where NEAR Santa Clara (I'm in Philadelphia) or had people I could
trust to pick it up, I'd be all over that in a heartbeat (though I
also have a 4000/300 or /400 coming to me soon from another list
member as soon as I can drive out to western PA).
The 11/44 is a nice machine. It's the last true Unibus model (as
opposed to the /84 and /94, which used the Unibus adaptor). It can
be pretty stoutly configured, and the power supply is generally
fairly reliable. We're working on getting one ready for public
display at MARCH in New Jersey, and there's a second one in the
warehouse that's probably also in pretty good shape.
If you have an appropriate QBUS backplane, though, I have a KA655
(uVAX 3800/3900) and 16 MB memory I could be persuaded to part with.
MicroVAX 3100s are also fairly easy to acquire and make great
"starter" VAXen.
- Dave
I guess the big question is "where are
you"?
I believe he's in Santa Clara, California. So, not very close to Dallas at all. :(
One of my coworkers just texted his daughter's boyfriend to see if he'd be
willing to haul and store a pickup truck full of stuff for me. They live in Tracy. I'm
still wrestling with the idea of driving up myself. An 11/44 would be nice if it's in
reasonably complete and repairable condition, and Guy also mentioned an ASR-33 that would
interest me.
Seeing how Guy finds forgotten VAXen laying about, I wonder if there might be an 11/730
in a rack with a couple of RL02 drives hiding under a pile of laundry? :)
It occurs to me that agonizing over which model of PDP or VAX I should acquire is one
heck of a first-world problem!