28 Jun
2000
28 Jun
'00
8:11 p.m.
But I noticed someone auctioning a VAX 8350 for about $50 over on Ebay,
and I wondered, would it be relatively straightforward for a VAX newbie
like me to:
a. ship
Probably have to be crated.
b. get it running
Nightmarish I suspect
c. find software (Unix, Vms, etc) and hardware
(disk drives, tape drives,
etc.)
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Probably pretty easy. While I've not messed with this particular model I've
found the VAXen I've got to be very reliable. Except the ones using old MFM
Hard drives (and that's a hard drive issue). I do suspect this model
probably requires a climet controlled computer room, but really don't know.