4 Jan
2006
4 Jan
'06
6:08 a.m.
I have what I believe to be most of a VAXstation 8000. It is about the size
of a MV-II, but it is about 10" longer. The front 8" hinges open so you can
get to the back of disk drives. It holds a bunch of 5 1/2" disks. The sides
open like a clam shell. The the VAXBI card cage is in one side. There is
room for a second card cage. I belive that this is where the ES graphics
card cage goes.
At 12:28 AM 1/4/2006, you wrote:
On 1/4/06, 9000 VAX <vax9000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson at IDS.net
On 1/3/06, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at
gmail.com> wrote:
>-
> I don't have one, but I remember running into them at DECUS
> conventions...
and with a VAXBI bus and a slow CPU (maybe same
as VAX8250/8350)
I don't recall them being VAXBI-based. My recollection was that they
were Qbus-based - essentially a VAXstation-II/GPX, but with *much*
more powerful graphics cards.
Anyone with actual experience (mine was limited to pushing the mouse
around and twisting the dialbox knobs) can feel free to chime in with
corrections/details.
-ethan