MicroVAXen rescue - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

3 Aug 1997

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 Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 06:46:19 -0400
From: Jeff Hellige &lt;jeffh(a)unix.aardvarkol.com&gt;
To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Subject: MicroVax II
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        Well, it looks like I may be rescuing, or at least try to, a
MicroVax II on monday.  There is a local business, about 30 miles from here,
that wants to dispose of one, and I got contacted to try and rescue it.
According to the guy I talked to, it has 2-35meg HD's, and 5meg of RAM in
it, and I'd just be getting the main system unit.  Could someone give me
some general info on this machine, such as a guess as to the weight of it? 
	Weight: About 40-50 lbs. Not bad at all, really. Some PC full-towers tip
the scales around there.

	Sizewise, they're about as tall as a full-tower, but deeper and skinnier.
You can probably lift one in your arms without a huge problem.

	With the hardware that's in it, you could easily run OpenVMS, MicroVMS,
regular VMS (I think -- someone check me on that, please?), Ultrix, or NetBSD.

	I know the guy I wrote to said there were no docs or diags with it, but...
if by some miracle he was wrong, I'd like to get a copy of any diagnostics
that you might get with it.

	Best of luck, and thanks for responding!

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