Microvaxen bits etc. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 Oct 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland &lt;jim(a)calico.litterbox.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Monday, 26 October 1998 20:07
Subject: Re: Microvaxen bits etc.

...
 When last I looked - and this was 1993 or so - you
could still buy the ethernet
...
 interfaces for uVAX IIs from used system dealers.

Dealers in things Digital are scarce around here.  That's part of the
problem.

...
  Whatever you do, don't get stuck with a deqna
board.  Nothing after VMS 5.3 supports them.

Ah.  Ok, thanks for that.

...
 You want a delqa or delqa YM board.  The YM is the high
performance version of
...
 the delqa.  In 1993 they cost about 300 bucks(US) a
whack 
Ok, I'll try for one of those.  Thank you.

...
 They're probably more or less worthless now. 
*sigh* :) 
A$400 a tonne.  At selected "Hi-Tech" scrap yards.  FWIW, I got the MVII,
plus
2 VS4000's, (a 90 & a 60), a swag of RZ55's, couple TK50's, couple VT220
&
320 terms
a DS3100, a VS3100/M38, 2 Data General 88000 based Aviions running
DGUX 5.4 V3.10 (Sys 5 R4 + bits of BSD) and 2 Interpro 19" Colour RGBHV
monitors for $160.
Plus sundry keyboards etc.
The MVII and a couple of the VS still have VMS 5.4 or 5.5 on them.
(A small cluster is in the works :^)

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie  South Australia.
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