18 Sep
2001
18 Sep
'01
1:13 p.m.
To all those that wanted to see the pictures of Brian Hechinger and I
unloading a truckload of IBM S/390 and DEC VAX equipment (you know who you
are), the pictures are up on
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~sridhar/mainframe/
Peace... Sridhar
18 Sep
18 Sep
3:06 p.m.
Nah, I don't care :-)
Anybody notice that there is a set of 390 cards for a Microchannel
machine on Ebay? It includes a hotswap drive setup too.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
To all those that wanted to see the pictures of Brian Hechinger and I
unloading a truckload of IBM S/390 and DEC VAX equipment (you know who you
are), the pictures are up on
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~sridhar/mainframe/
Peace... Sridhar
3:16 p.m.
Which one of you is the nut on the fork lift, with the big Vax 8700? :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
To all those that wanted to see the pictures of Brian Hechinger and I
unloading a truckload of IBM S/390 and DEC VAX equipment (you know who you
are), the pictures are up on
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~sridhar/mainframe/
Peace... Sridhar
3:28 p.m.
At 09:13 PM 9/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
To all those that wanted to see the pictures of Brian
Hechinger and I
unloading a truckload of IBM S/390 and DEC VAX equipment (you know who you
are), the pictures are up on
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~sridhar/mainframe/
Peace... Sridhar
I can only imagine the mix of excitement and terror you are (or should be)
feeling right now.
You know, it is kind of like wishing for having five playboy playmates for
girlfriends -- it makes a nice fantasy, but the reality for everybody
except Hugh Hefner is that it would be miserable as much as enjoyable.
I hope you are the Hugh Hefner of classiccmp.
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Jim Battle == frustum(a)pacbell.net
4:41 p.m.
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Jim Battle wrote:
I can only imagine the mix of excitement and terror
you are (or should be)
feeling right now.
Terror? Naah.
You know, it is kind of like wishing for having five
playboy playmates for
girlfriends -- it makes a nice fantasy, but the reality for everybody
except Hugh Hefner is that it would be miserable as much as enjoyable.
I hope you are the Hugh Hefner of classiccmp.
Hehehehe. Actually, this isn't my first mainframe. I have a 9672 G5
which isn't on-topic yet, as well as an IBM ES/9000 9121 and Burroughs
G20m which are. 8-) Now I want a TOPS-20 machine. That would rock.
Peace... Sridhar
7:11 p.m.
Do you have any pictures of the Burroughs?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
Hehehehe. Actually, this isn't my first
mainframe. I have a 9672 G5
which isn't on-topic yet, as well as an IBM ES/9000 9121 and Burroughs
G20m which are. 8-) Now I want a TOPS-20 machine. That would rock.
Peace... Sridhar
18 Sep
18 Sep
4:31 p.m.
To all those that wanted to see the pictures of Brian
Hechinger and I
unloading a truckload of IBM S/390 and DEC VAX equipment (you know who you
are), the pictures are up on
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~sridhar/mainframe/
What banged up the mainframe?
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
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19 Sep
19 Sep
4:51 a.m.
The DASD rack was quite heavy and slid around a bit. The damage appears
to be superficial though, and I will probably get it fixed.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
What banged up the mainframe?
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18 Sep
18 Sep
4:39 p.m.
Okay, you've got a 35 VUP system (VAX 7610), a 32 VUP system (VAX 6610),
and a 6 VUP system (VAX 8700). However, it looks like you are missing
the power controllers.
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Eric Dittman
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19 Sep
19 Sep
4:53 a.m.
Well, I found out later that the 35 VUP system is actually closer to being
a 175 VUP system, because it is actually a 7650. The power equipment is
around there, as is that for the 6610. The regulators for the 8700 are
coming later. Dave McGuire (he gave the 8700 to me) has them.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
Okay, you've got a 35 VUP system (VAX 7610), a 32
VUP system (VAX 6610),
and a 6 VUP system (VAX 8700). However, it looks like you are missing
the power controllers.
--
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Ethusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
4:57 a.m.
On 18 Sep, Eric Dittman wrote:
Okay, you've got a 35 VUP system (VAX 7610), a 32
VUP system (VAX 6610),
and a 6 VUP system (VAX 8700).
Don't forget that VAX 4000 in the 19" rack
(P2100253.JPG) and that nice
BA215 (P2100244.JPG behind the plotter), what ever it contains.
However, it looks like you are missing the power
controllers.
And the disk, tape, ... subsytems of the 8700?
Sridhar, Brian you both are crazy. Absolutely nuts. And I have to say
that I like people like you very much. ;-)
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
7:02 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
Cool. I like being nuts. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar
On 18 Sep, Eric Dittman wrote:
Actually that rack contains two VAX 4000/700As. That thing that looks
like a BA215 is actually an external DSSI cabinet full of disks. I now
have craploads of 2 GB DSSI disks.
Okay, you've got a 35 VUP system (VAX 7610),
a 32 VUP system (VAX 6610),
and a 6 VUP system (VAX 8700).
Don't forget that VAX 4000 in the 19"
rack (P2100253.JPG) and that nice
BA215 (P2100244.JPG behind the plotter), what ever it contains. However, it
looks like you are missing the power controllers.
And the disk, tape, ... subsytems
of the 8700?
Sridhar, Brian you both are crazy. Absolutely nuts. And I have to say
that I like people like you very much. ;-)
9:29 a.m.
On 19 Sep, Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
Actually that rack contains two VAX 4000/700As.
Ahhhh! I get jealous reading that. The 4k VAXen are quite nice and the
700A has around 33VUPs. My best VAXen are a 4k400 and a VS4k90.
That thing that looks
like a BA215 is actually an external DSSI cabinet full of disks.
Ahh, I know that.
I got such a thing with my MV4k200...
I now have craploads of 2 GB DSSI disks.
I know
people that would kill for 2GB DSSI disks (and a KFQSA). ;-)
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
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