At 11:56 PM 19/09/2001 +0200, jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote: As far as I recall, the first two products were the 8700 and the 8800, the only difference was the number of CPUs (one and two respectively). There were two slower implementations (8550, 8530) that were both single CPU systems. All of these systems used either a PRO-350 or PRO-380 as the VAXconsole. Later (when all the PROs were used up?) the console was replaced with a uVAX-II and the systems renamed 88x0 (for x=1,2,3 or 4 CPUs). In a past life I used to manage a cluster that had (originally) a 11/785, 8700 and 8800. After a while we removed the 11/785 from maintenance and about a week later it died. This lead to a period where I did maintenance myself, leading to the acquisition of an 8650, 11/785, 11/780, two 8800s and an 8820. Eventually the cluster grew to two 8800s (under Digital maintenance), two 8800s and the 8820 (under Huw maintenance). I can tell you now that 8800s are great when they run and real horrors when they fail.... I can also confirm that 8800s and 8820s have different modules inside, such that you can't upgrade an 8820 to an 8840 using an 8800 :-( Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au | "If God had wanted soccer played in the | air, the sky would be painted green"

There is a VLC on eBay right now. VAXstation 4000's are up there all the time. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 12:55:12PM -0500, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: *on* the desktop. I've grown out of my "computers bigger than I am" phase - someone picked up the VAX 6000 about a month ago, and the city hauled off the empty 4/690MP backplane/blower assembly yesterday during "bulky trash week". Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:06:12AM +0200, jkunz(a)unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote: Well, part of it was realizing that a lot of the machines I collected because they were free/cheap/gonna-be-tossed were doing nothing but taking up (needed) space in the garage. I will NOT toss anything that I can give away, however - I gave away a bunch of 4/330s, 4/630s, etc, and tried to give away the 4/690 backplane/blower/power supplies for two years before I gave up and gave it to the trash man. If I had the time, etc.. Bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Bill Bradford wrote: If there was a chassis, and you were closer to me, I would have taken that system. It sucks that you are almost 2,000 miles from me. *sigh* Same here. Peace... Sridhar

Speaking of VAX's... can anyone give me a ballpark figure on the value of a VAX 7800 CPU board? There was some intense interest from a few people in acquiring them and was wondering if it might be nice to help out with the search. Bill Amsterdam --- Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com