What's your specialty? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Feb 2002

Andreas.Freiherr(a)Vishay.com wrote...
...
  try a MicroVAX first, to give her time to get used to
it... ;-) 
I did suggest moving the cooker & fridge out of the kitchen so
we could get a Vax in & wire it up to the cooker supply, but the
idea wasn't popular :-).

...
   I'd dearly
love a Vax (first 'real' computer I used, don't know which
 model 'cos I only saw the serial terminal,) but fear my wife would
 kill me if I tried to get one in the flat :-).  A MicroVAX II in a BA23 box uses
about the same space and power as a
 tower PC, so this is probably a good "soft drug" to start with. You may
 then try to add a cabinet with RA8x disks to see how far you can go...
 ;-) 
Hmm, looks like a nice machine...  I shall be keeping an eye on eBay
et al.  Only concern being the possibility of getting a hernia trying
to lug one upstairs :-).

I've been tempted by a VAXstation 3100 to get the ball rolling...  I'd
definitely be able to get away with one in the house, and they seem
to be reasonably widely available.  My one enduring memory of actually
using these though was possibly the worst mouse design I have
ever had the misfortune of using...  Although the Apple 'puck'
comes pretty damn close!

Cheers,
Tim.

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