21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
4:04 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
I got mine from someone who must have thought, "It's big. It must be
old!" LOL. I paid less than $250 for it.
A VAX 11/780
isn't a mainframe. My IBM S/390 9672 G5's CPU (OT,
incidentally) takes up two seven foot tall racks all by itself. A fully
outfitted S/390 9672 G1 (on-topic, bipolar logic, water cooled, loads o'
power) CPU alone takes up between 7 and 10 seven foot tall racks all by
itself, in a typical configuration. IfA VAX 11/780 is a minicomputer.
I wouldn't mind having a fairly recent 9672 at home, but the
cost and space are prohibitive. Incidentally, the R66->Z47 migration went pretty
smooth.
Glad to hear it!
Peace... Sridhar
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Eric Dittman
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