1 Jul
2015
1 Jul
'15
2:11 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Peter Coghlan <cctalk at beyondthepale.ie>
wrote:
william degnan wrote:
I found that for some MicroVAXen, such as my 4000-300, there is a Panasonic
cordless phone battery that almost exactly fits where the original TOY
battery does, and the connector is the same! I've mentioned it here on CC,
so the part number should be in the archives.
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
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.