On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
started producing the XMI-2 based VAX 6000 systems.
If these do support
the 500 and 600 series CPUs, I'm planning on turning at least one into
the world's smallest VAX 6660. The other will be a VAX 6420 with two
vector processors. MUH HA HAH!!!
A cool setup either way. I saw these on ebay, I never realized that the
6000 came in that form factor.
As a side note, I'm often disappointed with the
packing jobs of the
bulkier gear I buy online. That's not the case with this seller. He
seems to be well equipped for shipping heavy items. The rackmount unit
was packed in a large box with thick foam surrounding it. The box was
also secured to wooden pallet and wrapped in plastic. It took me about
half an hour to unpack everything. He really went crazy with the
plastic wrap.
I bought a R215F on ebay; a somewhat bulky item. It came in a box as tall
as I am filled with about a billion packing peanuts which promptly blew
all around my neighborhood as I unpacked it on a windy day.
I am frequently scared off by bulkier items; although in the case of the
R215F all I wanted was the H7868 power supply and even with shipping it
was cheaper than buying one through an official DEC reseller.
When the unit arrived unexpectedly with a large DSSI disk and a long DSSI
cable not mentioned in the auction my idea of scrapping the unit for the
power supply died an early death. :-)