24 Nov
1999
24 Nov
'99
6:31 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and
TOPS10???
system
Ahhh, I should have remembered that! , thanks... I guess more weight :-( ..
This Vax 6000 was in the lab so it had quite a few toys hooked up to it
(hopefully some good boards to rip out of it).
Don't Grrr me guy! If I even tried to keep every mini I get every month my
wife would divorce me or we would go broke on storage costs.
I hope someone out there can use the boards in their minis....
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, John B wrote:
>I was told that there are at least 18 6' computer racks,, the only ones
that
the guy on the
phone could get at said:
Vax 6000
SA600 ??? (what's that?)
RK05 (or 7)
TU81
Some Fujitsu junk.
I know they paid 5 million for the Fujitsu 7 years ago.
...likely not junk. They make some kickass supers. I wonder if that is complete.
It is complete. I saw it in the computer room when they had it running (I
bought the system it replaced a few years ago!). I know the computer ran
fast and had *loads* of memory. The problem they had was their own employees
did not like using it. They ran it less than 4 years.
Anyone here know what a SA600 is?
It's a rack full of RA-series drives.
>As for the systems, I will probably scrap the
Vax6000 (for EBay
souvenirs).
>
>I saw one of the Fujitsu boards last year.... nice... most of the chips
had
>heat sinks on them (ram board).. and they were
huge.. Again too new and
too
big to deal
with.. I'll get what gold I can out of it.
Grrrrrr.
-Dave McGuire
24 Nov
24 Nov
9:34 a.m.
New subject: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???
At 03:31 PM 11/24/99 -0500, John B wrote:
Don't Grrr me guy! If I even tried to keep every
mini I get every month my
wife would divorce me or we would go broke on storage costs.
Well there is a difference between scrapping it and offering it to someone
on the list who might be willing to take it whole and keep it running. I
suspect that was what the "grrrring" was about. Its even ok to say, "This
is what I think I can get from 'ebay souvenirs" and if anyone wants to
match it they get first dibs."
This crowd is partial to keeping things running,
--Chuck
10:01 a.m.
New subject: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
At 03:31 PM 11/24/99 -0500, John B wrote:
To be fair, many of us don't even get one substantial mini a *year*, let
alone one (or several!) per month! I am at what appears to be the lower
end of the collecting-voracity continuum (at least for this group!), and I
still have trouble finding places to put all my stuff. And my wife is
constantly at the brink of "fed-up" with my pitiful little lot and
day-long roadtrips to pick up more "junk."
Additionally, it's a lot of work to negotiate the pickup/delivery of
large, heavy, difficult-to-ship things as well. Not everyone has the time
and energy to do that...even as a labor of love.
I applaud John for the work he puts into the restoration of the systems he
does keep and for the time and effort he puts into sharing it with others
(great web page). He obviously has an interest in classic computers that
goes beyond how much gold or aluminum is contained within.
Aaron
Don't Grrr me guy! If I even tried to keep
every mini I get every month my
wife would divorce me or we would go broke on storage costs.
Well there is a difference between scrapping it and offering it to someone
on the list who might be willing to take it whole and keep it running. I
suspect that was what the "grrrring" was about. Its even ok to say, "This
is what I think I can get from 'ebay souvenirs" and if anyone wants to
match it they get first dibs."
This crowd is partial to keeping things running, 
6:19 p.m.
New subject: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers andTOPS10???
Aaron Christopher Finney wrote:
To be fair, many of us don't even get one substantial mini a *year*, let
alone one (or several!) per month! I am at what appears to be the lower
end of the collecting-voracity continuum (at least for this group!), and I
In Italy it is even worst. Companies prefer scrapping than giving to
hobbyists. All you can find are shitty 386 junk
e.
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New subject: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and TOPS10???
----- Original Message -----
From: John B <dylanb(a)sympatico.ca>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, 25 November 1999 7:01
Subject: Re: Made a deal to get a Vax 6000, 2 Fujitsu Supercomputers and
TOPS10???
You'd probably do better offering them here first, depending on what's in
it.
A 6000 is often a classic, depending on what model/year of man etc..
It could contain up to 6 cpus & 256mb of ram. 5 different cpu types too.
Again, perhaps offer it complete first, on Ebay if you prefer. Whilst not
strictly classic,
it may well be a supercomputer of some kind, which is a valuable device even
now, to
some people. Worth checking it out....
Don't be too hard on him, considering this list is devoted to preserving
things like these,
it is an understandable response to something as unusual as a Fujitsu Super
becoming
scrap metal for tooth fillings, and as a collector of 6000's, I only scrap
ones that are really
beat up, since they are good hobbyist systems, despite the physical size.
(They are low power consumption ~ 500w)
Put it this way, if I was in the US, I'd take 'em off your hands complete.
>>Anyone here know what a SA600 is?
>
> It's a rack full of RA-series drives.
Probable makeup:-
2 x SA70's with total of 8 RA7x drives. (RA70's are 250Mb SDI drives, they
are the
standard fitment in such racks. Could have any mix of 7x drives up to
1.5Gb? each.
House brick size, the 2 SA70 enclosures in the cabinet take about the same
area as
a single RA8x drive. (But weigh less)
3 RA8x drives, probably 81 or 82. 480 & 620 Mb respectively. Big suckers
64Kg each.
Ahhh, I should have remembered that! , thanks... I
guess more weight
-( ..
This Vax 6000 was in the lab so it had quite a few
toys hooked up to it
(hopefully some good boards to rip out of it).
If you could post a list of the board numbers, we can tell you exactly what
it has.
>As for the
systems, I will probably scrap the Vax6000 (for EBay
souvenirs). >I saw one
of the Fujitsu boards last year.... nice... most of the chips
had
>heat sinks on them (ram board).. and they were
huge.. Again too new and
too
>>big to deal with.. I'll get what gold I can out of it.
Grrrrrr.
Don't Grrr me guy! If I even tried to keep every mini I get every month my
wife would divorce me or we would go broke on storage costs. I hope someone out there can use the boards in their
minis....
IF you are going to part out the 6000, make sure you get the backplane
connections etc for
the various boards to go with them.
FWIW a "basic" 6000 would contain (at minimum)
1 cpu & 64mb ram. (XMI) 200 or 300 series cpus are the most common.
a couple of XMI/BI & BI/XMI interface cards
1 or more Ethernet cards, usually BI, but I have seen XMI ones.
either :-
CI interface to talk to a HSC50/70/90 whatever (If you find one of these
buried
in the haul somewhere, that would prove it) Again, usually BI, but have seen
an XMI version. This indicates a Vaxcluster, so there might well be more
than one
Vax in the haul.
or a KDB50 SDI/STI interface or two, for direct connection to the drives.
Regards
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
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