2 Apr
2005
2 Apr
'05
1:53 p.m.
Ebay auction #5765010603
the picture is at http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/c4/1b/ab_1_b.JPG
2 Apr
2 Apr
2:47 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
ePay item# 5764980327 in case this stupid search link doesn't work
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there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory been stripped?
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there supposed to be rx02's
somewhere?
nice spelling!
h
"
DEC DITIGAL CI 3 NODE, SWITCH MODEL #11780-FE USED
DITIGAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CI 3 NODE, SWITCH USED
MODEL #11780-FE SN : FX03049 Hz 60 VOLTS 120/ 208 3 PH AMP 24PH
4W+G LISTED EDP EQUI. 708A NFPA TYPE 2
WAS BUILT 1/10 /84 ,USED ,DO NOT KNOW IF UNIT WORKS. FOR PAYMENT WETAKE
BUSINESS CHECKS ,CASHIERS CHECKS ,MONEY ORDERS AND PAYPAL.WE WILL SHIP THIS
ITEM VIA. MOTOR FRIEHT OR THE BUYER CAN PICK UP THE ITEM AT OUR LOCATION
.THE WIEGHT IS APPROX. 500-1000 LBS."
3 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
On Apr 2, 2005 5:47 PM, Heinz Wolter <h.wolter at sympatico.ca> wrote:
ePay item# 5764980327 in case this stupid search link
doesn't work
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there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory
been stripped?
Couldn't tell you about memory, but are those two black blocks empty
or do they have a cover over them? They don't look like unpopulated
backplane slots to me.
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there
supposed to be rx02's
somewhere?
My recollection is that there should be a single-drive RX01 (same
boards, only one drive mech plugged in) somewhere near the bottom of
the rack. I'm sure others can give more authoritative answers.
-ethan
3:20 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
Ethan Dicks declared on Saturday 02 April 2005 06:00 pm:
There's an RX01 on the right, bottom (the silver colored box). The drive
faces upwards (only a single-drive not a double-drive), and swings out
of the front of the VAX.
This guy can't spell and has no idea (imho) what these things are worth.
The last 11/780 "untested" I saw on ebay went for $70ish to Dave
McGuire, I picked one up from the same seller for $350ish which included
a Data General Eclipse MV1400, Sun 3/180, DEC Rainbow, a pile of fujitsu
14" SMD 800-900MB HDDs, an 11/750, and some other stuff I can't remember
anymore (including a bunch of BA11s with UNIBUS cards and one UNIBUS
SCSI card in it ;). A bunch of it wasn't 100% working, but the stuff
I've fixed so far hasn't been difficult to repair.
I'd say a price of $100-$200 depending on how much you really want it is
a better price, considering that it may not be functional.
If you have more questions, I can tell you what mine looks like for
reference.
Pat
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On Apr 2, 2005 5:47 PM, Heinz Wolter <h.wolter at
sympatico.ca> wrote:
Those are 'covers' that slide back and forth over the cards (sliding
plexiglass doors;).
The left-most backplane is the KA780 (CPU), the next one to the right is
memory - it appears to have 8 memory boards. The next two card cages
are DW780s or RH780s (unibus or massbus interface boxes).
ePay item# 5764980327 in case this stupid search
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there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory been stripped?
Couldn't tell you about memory, but are those two black blocks empty
or do they have a cover over them? They don't look like unpopulated
backplane slots to me. Looks like the
console 11 is intact..aren't there supposed to be
rx02's somewhere?
My recollection is that there should be a single-drive RX01 (same
boards, only one drive mech plugged in) somewhere near the bottom of
the rack. I'm sure others can give more authoritative answers. 
3:08 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
Heinz Wolter wrote:
ePay item# 5764980327 in case this stupid search link
doesn't
work
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1479&item=57…
327&rd=1
there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory
been
stripped?
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there supposed to
be rx02's somewhere?
Where it says
"DITIGAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CI 3 NODE, SWITCH USED"
that's basically meaningless. The "3" in the photo just
means that at some time in the past it was (probably)
#3 node on the CI. There are unlikely to be two other
CI nodes involved in this auction!
I'm not sure what is stuffed into the main box, but
it was certainly possible to have the RX02 some distance
from the main machine cabs.
$1500 is a tad optimistic for a machine in unknown condition!
Antonio
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3:27 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
Heinz wrote about a VAX 11/780 on eBay:
there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory
been stripped?
Looks to me like everything is there except a few of the sliding plastic
panels (the things with the horizontal red stripe). Can't tell about the
modules behind the panels, though.
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there
supposed to be rx02's
somewhere?
There's a single-drive RX01 mounted vertically on a swinging door. You
can see the top of it just right of the middle at the bottom.
$1500 is way too much, though.
Eric
3:33 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
On Apr 2, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Heinz Wolter wrote:
ePay item# 5764980327 in case this stupid search link
doesn't work
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=1479&item=5764980327&rd=1
there are two blocks of slots empty - had the memory been stripped?
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there supposed to be rx02's
somewhere?
nice spelling!
h
"
DEC DITIGAL CI 3 NODE, SWITCH MODEL #11780-FE USED
DITIGAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION CI 3 NODE, SWITCH USED
MODEL #11780-FE SN : FX03049 Hz 60 VOLTS 120/ 208 3 PH AMP
24PH
4W+G LISTED EDP EQUI. 708A NFPA TYPE 2
WAS BUILT 1/10 /84 ,USED ,DO NOT KNOW IF UNIT WORKS. FOR PAYMENT
WETAKE
BUSINESS CHECKS ,CASHIERS CHECKS ,MONEY ORDERS AND PAYPAL.WE WILL SHIP
THIS
ITEM VIA. MOTOR FRIEHT OR THE BUYER CAN PICK UP THE ITEM AT OUR
LOCATION
.THE WIEGHT IS APPROX. 500-1000 LBS."
The memory frame looks to be an MS780E. There are 3 cards in the
center: Left
memory ctlr., SBI interface, and right memory ctlr. There are 8 memory
cards
(four on each side) either 1 MB or 4MB each.
The single RX01 is mounted face up on the lower right of the photo. On
the lower
left (top to bottom) are battery backups for the memory and the TOD
clock with
the 11/03 console at the bottom.
I can't see everything, but a CI780 and RH780 are visible. There should
also be
a DW780 (unibus adapter) between the cpu and memory frames (hiding
behind one of
the covers).
It appears as if the left side panel is missing. You'd have to ask the
seller if
all the cables and unibus expansion cabinet is included.
$1500 is a bit much without disk and tape drives. And the star coupler
and hsc50, to boot.
Mike
3:34 p.m.
New subject: what's missing in this vax780?
Heinz Wolter wrote:
Looks like the console 11 is intact..aren't there
supposed to be rx02's
somewhere?
There is a single drive, mounted vertically so that the disk loads
from the top. It is located at the lower right side of
the cabinet.
I was poking around inside of one of these a few weeks ago.
--Bill
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