13 Jul
2000
13 Jul
'00
11:27 a.m.
Mike wrote:
I have a lead on a couple of VAX 8600 machines. Are
these machines
ones that people here consider worth preserving? I'm tempted but I will
have to ship them from NC to CA, which I will do if they are worth it.
The 8600 was originally going to be called the VAX-11/790. The 8650 is
an improved-performance version. These are the last VAXen to use SBI
(two of them!) and the last to have PDP-11 compatability more.
They're nice machines, but big and power-hungry. And probably much harder
to fix than a 780 or 785.
It would be nice to see some of these preserved, but for my own part I'm
going to draw the line at 785s.
Cheers,
Eric