4 Sep
2020
4 Sep
'20
3:34 p.m.
On Sep 4, 2020, at 3:12 PM, John Klos via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The Amiga 1200 and accelerators for it are a form factor of a slightly thick and deep
keyboard. Therefore, accelerators are made which don't require much height. The
motherboard and accelerator fit tidily in a 1U case:
http://lilith.ziaspace.com
BTW - the pictures there are from the days of film cameras - that's how long ago I
put it in that 1U. After recapping it a few years ago, it's back to being 100% stable.
Given that there are plenty of new film camera available for sale, I?m not going to hazard
a guess as how long ago that was. The photo?s I took last weekend were on 35mm film.
I have to
agree, that?s an interesting configuration. The 1U Vaxstation 4000/VLC makes a lot of
sense, this, an A1200 I?m having a bit more trouble understanding. What is the purpose of
this system?
I would assume it can run Linux/Unix stuff? Though not sure you could get an accelerator
on it.
I wonder if it was some solution sold to TV stations that used an Amiga and a genlock in
a box? All the machines run NetBSD, and the Alpha, UltraSPARC
and Amiga systems compile pkgsrc bulk binary packages for each of their architectures.
While I do use the 1U VAX to do test compiles, with 24 megs and 5 VUPs it wouldn't
make much of a bulk builder. I have a VAXstation 4000/60 and a 4000/90a for bulk building.
Okay, I was wondering if this were how you?re using it. This was just about the only use
case I could think of for a rack mounted A1200. Have you considered virtualizing your
build servers?
Speaking of VAXstations - can anyone recommend someone
who does power supply recapping and repair? I would like to get the power supply of the
VAXstation 4000/90a fixed, and while I could just open it up and replace the whole circuit
board with one from a modern power supply, I'd really rather keep it at least somewhat
original.
That?s a good question, I have four VAXstation 4000?s, the one /60 runs 24x7, the other
/60, as well as the /90 and the /VLC need work. I know the VLC has power supply issues,
though if I remember correctly they?re with the bearings. I don?t remember what?s wrong
with the other /60, and the /90. I don?t think I?ve ever had the /90 working.
I?d love to get one of the ones that isn?t running turned back into a workstation.
Zane