17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
5:50 p.m.
On 10/18/06, Witchy <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
On Tue, October 17, 2006 11:25 pm, Jules Richardson
said:
Google Image search is your friend...
http://hampage.hu/vax/e_1984.html
I never ran one, but I used to walk past one in a semi-stripped
condition at Lucent in Columbus, OH, c. 1997.
-ethan
There's always the DECSystem 570 and the VAX 8600 to get your teeth into -
*looks for picture of VAX8600, fails* 
17 Oct
17 Oct
6:45 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 10/18/06, Witchy <witchy at
binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
That's the critter. Ours looks to be the CPU dual cabinet plus seven other
cabinets; I've not seen an inventory of exactly what we've got. The machine's
stashed halfway across the country in off-site in storage, so it's less than
easy to get to right now! (Actually, it's even more difficult for me given
that I'm not in the country ;)
cheers
Jules
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On Tue, October 17, 2006 11:25 pm, Jules
Richardson said:
Google Image search is your friend...
http://hampage.hu/vax/e_1984.html
There's always the DECSystem 570 and the VAX 8600 to get your teeth
into -
*looks for picture of VAX8600, fails* 
18 Oct
18 Oct
1:42 p.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
On Tue, October 17, 2006 10:50 pm, Ethan Dicks said:
On 10/18/06, Witchy <witchy at
binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?
On Tue, October 17, 2006 11:25 pm, Jules
Richardson said:
Google Image search is your friend...
http://hampage.hu/vax/e_1984.html
There's always the DECSystem 570 and the VAX 8600 to get your teeth
into -
*looks for picture of VAX8600, fails* 
4:48 p.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
On Oct 18, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Witchy wrote:
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at
Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has
no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently
worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
OMG...That is a beautiful system!!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
6:59 p.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
On 18/10/06 21:48, "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On Oct 18, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Witchy wrote:
It is, and thanks to the people that are storing it for us (it's not
actually at Bletchley) it's still free of pigeon crap and other airborne
nasties that affect paintwork :) I'll dig out the full pix of the system but
beware that they're huge because I wanted to make sure all the components
were in place.....
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at
Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has
no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently
worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
OMG...That is a beautiful system!!
19 Oct
19 Oct
11:12 a.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
On Oct 18, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Adrian Graham wrote:
It is, and thanks to the people that are storing it for us (it's not
actually at Bletchley) it's still free of pigeon crap and other
airborne
nasties that affect paintwork :) I'll dig out the full pix of the
system but
beware that they're huge because I wanted to make sure all the
components
were in place.....
Please do; I'd love to see them!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at
Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has
no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently
worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
OMG...That is a beautiful system!! 
11:48 a.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Oct 18, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Adrian Graham wrote:
It is, and thanks to the people that are storing it for us (it's not
actually at Bletchley) it's still free of pigeon crap and other airborne
nasties that affect paintwork :) I'll dig out the full pix of the
system but
beware that they're huge because I wanted to make sure all the components
were in place.....
Please do; I'd love to see them!
Seconded!
Peace... Sridhar
I meant the 8600 that's in storage for us at
Bletchley Park :)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/VAX%208600.JPG
Running state is currently unknown since the building it's in has
no power
and there's little chance of getting 3-phase anywhere on site! I've
audited the boxen and she seems to be complete and apparently
worked when
decommissioned a year or two ago....
OMG...That is a beautiful system!!
22 Oct
22 Oct
6:17 p.m.
New subject: VAX 8600 (was Re: the last MIT ITS dec-20 (AI.MIT.EDU) is up for sale)
On 19/10/06 16:48, "Sridhar Ayengar" <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
Seconded!
Aaaand done!
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Digital/VAX8600/index.php
:)
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
system but
beware that they're huge because I wanted to make sure all the components
were in place.....
Please do; I'd love to see them! 
6:55 p.m.
New subject: VAX 6000 at BDI
There is a VAX 6000 system up for auction (closing tonight) on
auctionbdi.com.
Look at lots 167 through 170
Bob
7:15 p.m.
New subject: VAX 6000 at BDI
On 22/10/06 23:55, "Bob Rosenbloom" <bobalan at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
There is a VAX 6000 system up for auction (closing
tonight) on
auctionbdi.com.
Look at lots 167 through 170
I know where there's a VAX 6660 for free as long as you pay shipping......
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
23 Oct
23 Oct
2:39 a.m.
New subject: VAX 6000 at BDI
On Mon, 2006-10-23 00:15:11 +0100, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
wrote:
On 22/10/06 23:55, "Bob Rosenbloom"
<bobalan at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Wow, a '60? I once imported a 6320 from .uk to .de, it was
interesting. Shipping was as excepted more expensive than the machine,
and getting it down into the cellar was an unique event. We removed
anything we could and brought the remaining metal frame down there
with four men. We all had aching backs for two weeks.
Depending on the rest of the machine (mostly the BI/XMI cards that are
next to the CPUs), I'd probably be interested in it. Any chance to
get in contact with the owner?
MfG, JBG
--
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Signature of: http://perl.plover.com/Questions.html
the second :
There is a VAX 6000 system up for auction
(closing tonight) on
auctionbdi.com.
Look at lots 167 through 170
I know where there's a VAX 6660 for free as long as you pay shipping......
3:21 a.m.
New subject: VAX 6000 at BDI
On 23/10/06 07:39, "Jan-Benedict Glaw" <jbglaw at lug-owl.de> wrote:
Depending on the rest of the machine (mostly the
BI/XMI cards that are
next to the CPUs), I'd probably be interested in it. Any chance to
get in contact with the owner?
I'll send a mail over today. I've not seen this machine since january so I
can't remember exactly what's in it apart from the CPUs and network; I'm
pretty sure I transferred the CI stuff to the 7000 that replaced it. Yep,
*replaced*. That was a fun week :o)
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
18 Oct
18 Oct
5:13 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 10/18/06, Witchy <witchy at
binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
I have an RL02 labelled up "VAX8600 Console" or similar, that came with
my PDP-11/73 that originally belonged to Aberdeen College of
Agriculture. This may tie in with Aberdeen Uni having a 20..
I doubt the -20 was at RGIT - they had a Honeywell among others, and I
missed a couple of PDP-8s before they hit the skip around 15 years ago :-/
Gordon.
On Tue, October 17, 2006 11:25 pm, Jules
Richardson said:
Google Image search is your friend...
http://hampage.hu/vax/e_1984.html
I never ran one, but I used to walk past one in a semi-stripped
condition at Lucent in Columbus, OH, c. 1997.
There's always the DECSystem 570 and the VAX 8600 to get your teeth
into -
*looks for picture of VAX8600, fails*
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