1 Nov
2001
1 Nov
'01
4:04 a.m.
Anybody know what a DEC H9642 enclosure looks like or how big? The
NetBSD hardware reference says its two BA23s... but I need to know if
I can fit it into the back of a Kia Sportage. Pictures, anyone?
Given that, anybody want one (its a MicroVAX II) in the Austin area?
Free, you just have to come pick it up. I'm being given this as a "gotta
take this too" in addition to a PDP 11/53... and I dont have room for it
in the garage, nor do I have time to mess with it right now...
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
1 Nov
1 Nov
5:23 p.m.
At 01:04 AM 11/1/01, Bill Bradford wrote:
Anybody know what a DEC H9642 enclosure looks like or
how big? The
NetBSD hardware reference says its two BA23s... but I need to know if
I can fit it into the back of a Kia Sportage. Pictures, anyone?
If I'm not mistaken you mean the H9644 chassis. Look here:
<http://www.home.mcmanis.com/vaxes.html> and see that brute in the back?
Yup that is a H9644 with a MicroVAX 3800 in it. You're probably looking at
dual BA23's, and two RA80s.
It will not fit "in" a Kia Sportage, however you could probably *make* a
Kia Sportage out of its metal pieces :-) System weight is in the
neighborhood of 500 to 600 lbs. Fortunately you can de-rack it and get that
into 200 lb pieces. (RA81s)
Given that, anybody want one (its a MicroVAX II) in the
Austin area?
followed by
Free, you just have to come pick it up. I'm being
given this as a "gotta
take this too" in addition to a PDP 11/53... and I dont have room for it
in the garage, nor do I have time to mess with it right now...
Sigh, its too bad that these systems will end up stranded. Strangely, if
there were a SCSI interface in it there would be people clamoring for it
:-) Its all in how you look at it. I discovered that you can answer "yes"
to all offers to give you stuff, then start up a incoming stream and
produce a fairly complete/nice collection out of it.
--Chuck
2 Nov
2 Nov
10:38 a.m.
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 02:23:37PM -0800, Chuck McManis wrote:
Sigh, its too bad that these systems will end up
stranded. Strangely, if
there were a SCSI interface in it there would be people clamoring for it
:-) Its all in how you look at it. I discovered that you can answer "yes"
to all offers to give you stuff, then start up a incoming stream and
produce a fairly complete/nice collection out of it.
Well, worst case scenario, I *do* have room for it, but the wife has been
clamoring for me to clean up the collection lately. It wont get stranded/
scrapped. I refuse to toss out hardware; I'll give it away before I"ll
toss it.
(well, I *did* toss a huge Sun 4/690MP VME backplane/chassis/blower assembly,
but only after a year of trying to find a home for it..)
During "big garbage pickup day" the neighbors had couches, beds, etc, out on
their front yards.. I had VME chassis. 8-)
Bill
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