I want to have a 6000. But I don't have my own home and don't have a means to transport it... Hopefully after 1 year when I get my job there will still be some 6000 around. shengchao On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote: >The VAX 6000-400 is in Portsmouth VA (Virginia Beach area) and >for the most part is still up for grabs. The maximum fee I would >want is $24.99 to cover my eBay costs. If I take stuff out first, >there will be no charge for the rest. If there is real interest >I will leave it at a working system, otherwise I may remove things >more thorroughly. But make up your mind soon. I know that there >are no disks with it, and I will find out more and let you >know. If I don't hear a clear committment, there will be another >nice VAX going to into the melting oven. If you have never seen >a 6000: it's the size of an American fridge, weighs 800 lb (400 kg), >sucks 800 W power, needs 3-phase power or at least 220 V >(laundry dryer hookup.) I have instructions for a relatively >easy power conversion (just make another plug.) It does not (yet) >run NetBSD, but Ultrix 4.4 and 4.5 and may be Ultrix 4.2 and higher. >VMS of course. > >regards >-Gunther > > >-- >Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org >Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care >Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine >tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org > > > >