9 Jan
2007
9 Jan
'07
6:32 p.m.
FYI... I'm just passing this along, please contact the original poster.
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:19:01 GMT
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From: Jeff Shirley <spamalot at mindspring.com>
Reply-To: spamalot at mindspring.com
Subject: MicroVAX IIs/BA123s in Demand?
Id: <9zyoh.8847$w91.8571 at newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
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Greetings.
I have a couple of MicroVAX II systems in BA123 boxes I would like to sell,
hopefully to hobbyists rather than the local scrap guy. My question is
whether it might make more sense to just pull the boards and cabinet kits, and
scrap the BA123 enclosures.
The first system has fairly standard components, a KA630 (M7606-AF), two 4MB
boards (M7608-BP), a pair of DHV11s (M3104), a DELQA (M7516), RQDX3 (M7555),
TQK50 (M7546), RD53, TK50, and a pair of boards from Ultimate Computer
Corporation. I think the second system has some more interesting parts, like
a pair of ESDI dives and a Pertec tape drive interface.
The first system weighed in at 125 pounds, which would cost upwards of $150 to
ship across the country from (from the Los Angeles area). I just do not know
if there is any demand for the old BA123s in the hobbyist community.
Opinions?
Jeff.
P.S. Apologies to the PDP-11 groups for the crossposts.
P.P.S. This old DEC hardware amazes me. I hooked a VT220 to the first system
described above, and powered it up. It booted right up with MicroVMS V4.7,
circa 1987.
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9 Jan
9 Jan
7:11 p.m.
New subject: MicroVAX IIs in BA123s
Hi Richard,
I tried to email Jeff, and it keeps coming back. Do you have another email
address or phone number for him?
Thanks, Paul
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:32 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Fwd: Microvax IIs in BA123s
FYI... I'm just passing this along, please contact the original poster.
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:19:01 GMT
Groups: comp.sys.dec,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec.micro,alt.sys.pdp11,vmsnet
.pdp-11
From: Jeff Shirley <spamalot at mindspring.com>
Reply-To: spamalot at mindspring.com
Subject: MicroVAX IIs/BA123s in Demand?
Id: <9zyoh.8847$w91.8571 at newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>
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Greetings.
I have a couple of MicroVAX II systems in BA123 boxes I would like to sell,
hopefully to hobbyists rather than the local scrap guy. My question is
whether it might make more sense to just pull the boards and cabinet kits,
and
scrap the BA123 enclosures.
The first system has fairly standard components, a KA630 (M7606-AF), two 4MB
boards (M7608-BP), a pair of DHV11s (M3104), a DELQA (M7516), RQDX3 (M7555),
TQK50 (M7546), RD53, TK50, and a pair of boards from Ultimate Computer
Corporation. I think the second system has some more interesting parts,
like
a pair of ESDI dives and a Pertec tape drive interface.
The first system weighed in at 125 pounds, which would cost upwards of $150
to
ship across the country from (from the Los Angeles area). I just do not
know
if there is any demand for the old BA123s in the hobbyist community.
Opinions?
Jeff.
P.S. Apologies to the PDP-11 groups for the crossposts.
P.P.S. This old DEC hardware amazes me. I hooked a VT220 to the first
system
described above, and powered it up. It booted right up with MicroVMS V4.7,
circa 1987.
--
Jeff Shirley
spamalot at mindspring.com
"Bill Gates is filthy rich, but that doesn't mean I want to be married to
him."
8:56 p.m.
New subject: MicroVAX IIs in BA123s
In article <000b01c73421$ee2c8a50$4200a8c0 at main>,
"Paul Anderson" <useddec at gmail.com> writes:
Hi Richard,
I tried to email Jeff, and it keeps coming back. Do you have another email
address or phone number for him?
You could try posting to the newsgroup... I was just passing along the
message "as is" since I don't know the guy.
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6 p.m.
cctech at porky.vax-11.org wrote:
Which one is the BA123 chassis? The short fat one or the tall skinny one?
IIRC, they're both the same height, but the BA123 is "fatter".
Peace... Sridhar
6:38 p.m.
New subject: Microvax IIs in BA123s
On 10/1/07 15:08, "cctech at porky.vax-11.org" <cctech at
porky.vax-11.org> wrote:
Which one is the BA123 chassis? The short fat one or the tall skinny one?
The BA123 'world box' is the short fat one, the tall skinny one being the
BA23.
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9:22 p.m.
New subject: Microvax IIs in BA123s
On 1/10/07, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
On 10/1/07 15:08, "cctech at
porky.vax-11.org" <cctech at porky.vax-11.org> wrote:
Since we never stuffed our BA23s into the pedestal "sleeve", I would
have responded that the BA23 is rack-mount and the BA123 is a pedestal
case, but am reminded by this post that some people _did_ stick a BA23
on its side.
For those that _don't_ know, you can slide the BA23 out of that tall,
skinny, plastic case and rack it. We had a DEC-made rack shelf with
some sort of friction-reducing tape front-to-back where the BA23 would
slide over it (as opposed to slide rails bolted on the side of the
BA232), but one could easily just cobble together some angle-bracket
or put the BA23 on a flat shelf. ISTR there's a set of small
removable faceplate brackets on either side of the BA23 that might be
installed for rack use and removed for pedestal use, but it's been a
while since I took a BA23 apart and I could easily be mistaken.
-ethan
Which one is the BA123 chassis? The short fat one or the tall skinny one?
The BA123 'world box' is the short fat one, the tall skinny one being the
BA23. 
10:36 p.m.
New subject: Microvax IIs in BA123s
"Ethan Dicks" wrote:
For those that _don't_ know, you can slide the BA23 out of that tall,
skinny, plastic case and rack it.
hmm. I was pondering that just yesterday.
I have a BA23 which is naked ("skinless"). I could not see how you could
bolt slides to it...
Are the "skins" hard to find? anyone have any extras they don't want?
-brad
11:10 p.m.
New subject: Microvax IIs in BA123s
Brad wrote....
I have a BA23 which is naked ("skinless"). I
could not see how you could
bolt slides to it...
Are the "skins" hard to find? anyone have any extras they don't want?
I have a spare BA23 plastic tower I think. I'll check.
To pull the metalwork out and rack mount it, you don't bolt slides to it.
There are special slides that are basically L brackets that let you do it.
Jay
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