7 Sep
2007
7 Sep
'07
6:46 p.m.
I received this email today offering a VAX 11/750. I have no
connection with the current owner. I have set the Reply-To for this
message to the owner. Hopefully someone can rescue this.
-- Richard
=-=-=-=-=-=-= Original email
We have a Digital VAX 11750 in storage that we need to find a home for.
We have never used this as it was acquired by us when we purchased another
company and was simply put into storage at that time. Do you have any
idea if anyone would be interested in this? I would hate to see it hauled
to the garbage if there is someone out there that would like to have it.
Thank you for any help that you may provide.
Regards,
Lori G. Lee
Quintek Technologies, Inc.
208-847-3618
208-847-3619 Fax
llee at quintek.com
www.quintek.com
7 Sep
7 Sep
6:50 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
I received this email today offering a VAX 11/750. I
have no
connection with the current owner. I have set the Reply-To for this
message to the owner. Hopefully someone can rescue this.
-- Richard
=-=-=-=-=-=-= Original email
We have a Digital VAX 11750 in storage that we need to find a home for.
We have never used this as it was acquired by us when we purchased another
company and was simply put into storage at that time. Do you have any
idea if anyone would be interested in this? I would hate to see it hauled
to the garbage if there is someone out there that would like to have it.
Regards,
Lori G. Lee
Quintek Technologies, Inc.
208-847-3618
208-847-3619 Fax
llee at quintek.com
Idaho?!?
Wow... hopefully someone is close enough to pick this up. The 11/750
is a *niiiice* machine.
I can't believe there's still a NOS 11/750 out there, but it'll be a
sweet acquisition for someone.
-ethan
7:03 p.m.
I guess I was under the impression that the 11/750 was a larger
machine than it seems as pictured here:
<http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1980-4.htm>
Could I fit it in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its side or back?
If so, then I might as well drive up and get it.
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7:07 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
I guess I was under the impression that the 11/750 was a larger
machine than it seems as pictured here:
<http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1980-4.htm>
Could I fit it in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its side or back?
If so, then I might as well drive up and get it.
Dunno about a VUE, but I did transport an 11/750 across Ohio in the
back of a Chevy Astro. I even managed to extract it alone - they
aren't that heavy - lots of empty space. If you de-install the PSUs,
one person should be able to move it solo without too much difficulty.
-ethan
7:44 p.m.
Could I fit it
in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its
side or back?
If so, then I might as well drive up and get it.
Dunno about a VUE, but I did transport an 11/750
across Ohio in the
back of a Chevy Astro. I even managed to extract it
alone - they
aren't that heavy - lots of empty space. If you
de-install the PSUs,
one person should be able to move it solo without
too much difficulty. 
8:11 p.m.
At 07:03 PM 9/7/2007, Richard wrote:
I guess I was under the impression that the 11/750 was
a larger
machine than it seems as pictured here:
<http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1980-4.htm>
Could I fit it in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its side or back?
If so, then I might as well drive up and get it.
I think so. The back of the VUE has 37 inches between the wheel well
humps in the back; as long as you fold the rear seats down it should
fit OK. ("Should" as I don't know the height, but don't think it's
much
more than a yard tall.
-Rick
8:14 p.m.
On Friday 07 September 2007 20:11, Rick Murphy wrote:
At 07:03 PM 9/7/2007, Richard wrote:
My 11/750 measures 29" W x 31" D x 41.5" H.
Pat
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I guess I was under the impression that the 11/750
was a larger
machine than it seems as pictured here:
<http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/Digital/timeline/1980-4.htm>
Could I fit it in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its side or back?
If so, then I might as well drive up and get it.
I think so. The back of the VUE has 37 inches between the wheel well
humps in the back; as long as you fold the rear seats down it should
fit OK. ("Should" as I don't know the height, but don't think it's
much more than a yard tall. 
8:37 p.m.
On Friday 07 September 2007 20:20, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 7 Sep 2007 at 20:14, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
Hey, at least you can put UNIBUS cards in the CPU box, unlike the
11/780, which requires another rack for that. With a UNIBUS SCSI disk
controller, and a little bit of clever placement, you could fit an
entire system for an 11/750 into just the CPU rack. :)
Pat
--
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The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
My 11/750 measures 29" W x 31" D x
41.5" H.
That's just the CPU--if there is a complete installation with extra
cabinets for disk/tape drives (not atypical), it could get to be a
bit bigger :).
9:42 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
Hey, at least you can put UNIBUS cards in the CPU box,
unlike the
11/780, which requires another rack for that. With a UNIBUS SCSI disk
controller, and a little bit of clever placement, you could fit an
entire system for an 11/750 into just the CPU rack. :)
Including a 5.25" or 3.5" disk.
-ethan
9:44 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 7 Sep 2007 at 20:14, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
A typical installation did have more than the CPU cabinet (the one I
ran for a decade had the CPU plus an H960 plus a TU-80 cab), but in
this era, you can throw enough cards to be useful (disk, ethernet,
serial, printer...) in the internal DD-11DK _plus_ a smallish disk
right in the CPU cab.
-ethan
My 11/750 measures 29" W x 31" D x
41.5" H.
That's just the CPU--if there is a complete installation with extra
cabinets for disk/tape drives (not atypical), it could get to be a
bit bigger :). 
10:18 p.m.
On Sep 7, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
A typical installation did have more than the CPU cabinet (the one I
ran for a decade had the CPU plus an H960 plus a TU-80 cab),
The 11/750 one I adminned from 1991-1993 consisted of the CPU
cabinet, a TU80 cabinet with an RA60 in the bottom, and two CDC 9762
drives (CDC-labeled, not RM02s) connected via an Emulex controller.
My 11/750 measures 29" W x 31" D x
41.5" H.
That's just the CPU--if there is a complete installation with extra
cabinets for disk/tape drives (not atypical), it could get to be a
bit bigger :). but in
this era, you can throw enough cards to be useful (disk, ethernet,
serial, printer...) in the internal DD-11DK _plus_ a smallish disk
right in the CPU cab.
That sure would be nice! :-)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
9:45 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Rick Murphy <rick at rickmurphy.net> wrote:
At 07:03 PM 9/7/2007, Richard wrote:
It should be closer to 42" tall, but less than a yard wide or long...
perhaps on its side?
-ethan
Could I fit it in a Saturn VUE if laid down on its
side or back?
I think so. The back of the VUE has 37 inches between the wheel well
humps in the back; as long as you fold the rear seats down it should
fit OK. ("Should" as I don't know the height, but don't think it's
much
more than a yard tall. 
9:41 p.m.
On 9/7/07, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
That's always a possibility, but what I read was that the previous
owner bought it as a spare.
I'm only going on the OPs claims. Of course, I can't substantiate it.
-ethan
I can't
believe there's still a NOS 11/750 out there, but it'll be a
sweet acquisition for someone.
You can not assume it is NOS. It could have been working in a coal
mine for years, by the previous owner, not the current one. 
8:18 p.m.
On 9/7/07, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Idaho?!?
Wow... hopefully someone is close enough to pick this up. The 11/750
is a *niiiice* machine.
Must....deny....desire....for.....road....trip...
~1400 miles each way...beautiful country....big VAX....
Hope *someone* gets it, anyway.
6:55 p.m.
Oops, looks like the Reply-To setting gets changed, so please reply
to the owner directly.
Its apparently in Montpelier, ID. Hopefully someone can adopt this to
a loving home. If you need help arranging pickup or whatnot, give me
a hollar.
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8:14 p.m.
Its apparently in Montpelier, ID. Hopefully someone can
adopt this to a loving home. If you need help arranging
pickup or whatnot, give me a hollar.
--
Richard:
Do you know when it needs to be removed? I live in Evanston, WY, and I need
to go to Fish Haven, ID in a week or so. Fish Haven is about 35 miles from
Montpelier. I can fit it in my Suburban then.
This could lead to the VAX / VMS world....
Martin
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