5 Apr
2013
5 Apr
'13
6:05 p.m.
Jon Elson wrote:
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:29:04 -0400
From: Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: VAX 11/780
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On 04/04/13 9:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Seconded. I hope you will blog/document the whole process. I own an
11/750 but haven't started restoring it.
--Toby
One huge advantage to the 780 is there are almost no custom parts in
it, other than
the LSI-11 which is still pretty much available, if needed. The whole
780 CPU
was built out of 74Sxx chips, and could probably be maintained for another
50 years if one wanted to. The only custom sort of parts would be in the
power supplies, which would be easy to swap out with generic DC supplies
if you couldn't repair them.
Jon
From:
Brian Roth <abacos_98 at yahoo.com>
To: "cctech at classiccmp.org" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: VAX 11/780
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I just recently acquired a very nearly complete VAX 11/780. I will
be spending the next few months in a partial tear down and cleaning
and with luck, hopefully little money to get it operational again. I
...
Good luck restoring this machine!