1 Apr
2015
1 Apr
'15
2:11 p.m.
The machine has now been collected, and is travelling to its new home in
good hands.
Thanks
Rob
On 31 March 2015 at 03:20, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
Thanks for passing that along, Rob! Cheers -- Ian
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Robert Jarratt <
robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote:
Value
--
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."
It has been claimed, so it is going to a good
home.
Regards
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian
S.
King
I
Sent: 30 March 2015 01:45
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: VAX 4000-300 Available in the UK
I have a running 4000/300, and these are a very nice machine - it's my
usual
go-to VMS box. I hope someone picks it up and
gives it some TLC!
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Jarratt RMA <
robert.jarratt at
ntlworld.com>
wrote:
> I have a VAX 4000-300 that I want to pass on as I don't have room for
it.
> It is in a BA440 enclosure (marked VAX
4000-400). The CPU board had a
> couple of problems, the levers that are used to push it into the slot
> have been broken, however it will push into the slot OK and work. The
> onboard Ethernet (SGEC) is also not working, but I have included a
> DESQA so you can network it. It has 64MB of memory (2x 32MB). It also
has a
> CXY08 board.
> >
> > It does not have any disks because I want to keep the few DSSI disks > > have, however I will include two DSSI
covers. You can still boot it
as
> > a satellite of course. In fact I was
toying with the idea of putting
a
> > Raspberry Pi inside the enclosure with
a crossover LAN cable and
> > running if off SIMH on that.
> >
> > It is free, however I would appreciate a small donation, as it has
> > cost me money to collect it to save it from being dumped.
> >
> > It is in the UK, in South Manchester. Although I am currently working
> > a lot in Coventry so could bring it to that area. I will also be at
> > DEC Legacy in Windermere 11-12 April, although I would prefer to
leave
room in my car for the machines I want to exhibit, if
possible.
Regards
Rob
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School
<http://ischool.uw.edu>
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Sensitive Design Research Lab
<http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."