8 Mar
2004
8 Mar
'04
11:55 p.m.
The connection between the units looks like an old transit coupler
(Lindall?) and is only slightly smaller.
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
Geez Sellam, is that a Vax power cable or an elephant
trunk?! hehe. It
looks big enough to replace receptacles of a hook-up for an emergency power
generator to a house, damn...
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 01:11 PM 3/8/2004, you wrote:
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M. K. Peirce
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Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Johnny Billquist wrote:
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The VAX8600 was targeted at large IBM sites, so
they put in an oversized
power cable and receptacle, that was the same as for the IBM equipment
they planned to replace.
Yeah, check it out:
http://www.siconic.com/computers/vax3.jpg
It's bigger than my hand.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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