Ken Campbell wrote: Why a 4000/300 ? They are heavy, power hungry, not exactly fast, ... Try to get a 4000/90 or 4000/60. much cheaper, SCSI drives, graphics, ...

On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 06:39:41PM -0400, Ken Campbell wrote: A good aspiration. I'm not well versed in variations in the 4000 series, but as long as you get something with native SCSI, you should be OK. I would think that finding an entire system would be easier than trying to locate the boards a few at a time. But having said that, don't turn anything down. That's the best way to get a system (and spares). I personally wouldn't mind a newer Qbus box, but I have enough toys that I am going to stick with local/driving-distance rescues, not shipping. My main VAXen are an 8200/8300 (depending on if I install both CPUs or not), and a uVAX-II in a BA23 (originally purchased new as a uVAX-I and upgraded for $20K by its original owner, a former employer of mine). I have some Unibus hardware in storage, but I don't run those on a regular basis. I suppose that if I had a Unibus SCSI card, I might. Speaking of which, uVAX-IIs aren't that hard to find, but they have a hard 16MB memory limit, and, as shipped, depend on (small by today's standards) MFM drives. SCSI is an option, but you might as well grab a newer system with integrated SCSI, like a uVAX 3100 or the like, if VAX binary compatibility is the overall goal (as opposed to wanting to run obscure Qbus peripherals like a COMBOARD). -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 11-Oct-2004 01:40 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -51.2 F (-46.2 C) Windchill -90.3 F (-68 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 18.7 kts Grid 012 Barometer 686.2 mb (10392. ft) Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html