1 Jul
2015
1 Jul
'15
3:21 a.m.
Well if we're all putting down markers, I have an 11/780 and /730; I'd love
a /750 to round out the collection. I used to have one, back in mid 1990s
it was one of the first machines I collected... Got it up and running VMS,
then loaned it to a friend, forgot to ask for it back, lost touch with
friend...
Mike
On Jul 1, 2015 11:48 AM, "Peter Coghlan" <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie>
wrote:
william degnan wrote:
I recently got a Microvax 3100 and a VAX 4000-200, very pleased with how
easy they are to work with. I have had a lot more issues with
Alpahservers. VAX/Aphas running one flavor or another of openVMS.
I agree with Ian, think the 3100's are a good starter VAX. My 3100
system
has two SCSI external drives to beef it up. You
get what you pay for,
try
to find something in nice shape that works and
pay a little extra. My
opinion.
Bill
At one time, it was possible to get considerably more than you pay for.
I've
got several VAX 2000 / 3100 / 4000 systems. All were freebies / scrounged
/
rescue machines. A few have battery corrosion issues but most of them work
fine. Unfortunately, ebay, along with the sources drying up has probably
greatly reduced the likelyhood of anything like them turning up for free
now.
If you do get something in this line, remove the battery and put up with
it not keeping time or boot settings when switched off.
Regards.
Peter Coghlan.